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Mortality rates better with women doctors

A recent study published by JAMA Internal Medicine sheds some light into how the gender of a doctor may play a role in the quality of health care for patients in New York and across the U.S. The information suggests that patients treated by female physicians have a greater chance of living after being discharged from a hospital. Additionally, the study revealed that patient deaths are higher when they are treated by male doctors.

FAQs about Wrongful Death

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 31 million emergency department visits occur each year for unintentional injuries in the United States. There are 136,053 unintentional injury deaths, which accounts for 42.7 deaths for every 100,000 of the population. Unintentional injury ranks number 4 in the cause of deaths across the […]