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See also: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/03/09/cardiologist-away-then-you-might-more-likely-survive-heart-attack-study-suggests/407739002/ https

See also: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/03/09/cardiologist-away-then-you-might-more-likely-survive-heart-attack-study-suggests/407739002/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/03/09/cardiol... Patients are more likely to survive heart attacks while the cardiologists are all away at a conference, because that means the cardiologists are less able to interfere.

bumby 7y ago
They were still treated by a cardiologist, just not the “preeminent” doctors as they were all at the conference. This effect has alternatively been written as an effect arising from the fact that “lesser” doctors would tend to follow established, standardized practices, be open to other opinions etc. while the higher status doctors may be less so