The author of this study talks about time of year in a later podcast, iirc. They did control for time of year (maybe in a later study) and found no effect. sou

The author of this study talks about time of year in a later podcast, iirc. They did control for time of year (maybe in a later study) and found no effect. source: https://freakonomics.com/podcast/what-happens-to-patients-when-thousands-of-cardiologists-leave-town/ https://freakonomics.com/podcast/what-happens-to-patients-wh...