Comments on: Should You Avoid Hospitals in August, When the Rookie Docs Arrive? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/23/should-you-avoid-hospitals-in-august-when-the-rookie-docs-arrive/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day\'s most compelling topics. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:55:53 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: rainy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/23/should-you-avoid-hospitals-in-august-when-the-rookie-docs-arrive/comment-page-1/#comment-51865 rainy Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:30:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=3467#comment-51865 You need to look only at that one time because there are seasonal differences in rates of different diseases and injuries. What would be the best is if in a couple hospitals you could delay the new docs coming on the job for a week and see if what the pattern would be. You need to look only at that one time because there are seasonal differences in rates of different diseases and injuries. What would be the best is if in a couple hospitals you could delay the new docs coming on the job for a week and see if what the pattern would be.

]]> By: G Hats http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/23/should-you-avoid-hospitals-in-august-when-the-rookie-docs-arrive/comment-page-1/#comment-51839 G Hats Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:04:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=3467#comment-51839 Agreed, They should probably do something like compare the first week of August with the last week of July, a week in mid December, and a week in the spring like April or something. then they can see if there is a trend of slowly reduced death rates as the new doctors get better. If their theory is right, death rates will slowly decline to the lowest rate in July from the highest in August. Agreed,

They should probably do something like compare the first week of August with the last week of July, a week in mid December, and a week in the spring like April or something. then they can see if there is a trend of slowly reduced death rates as the new doctors get better.

If their theory is right, death rates will slowly decline to the lowest rate in July from the highest in August.

]]> By: nick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/23/should-you-avoid-hospitals-in-august-when-the-rookie-docs-arrive/comment-page-1/#comment-51824 nick Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:58:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=3467#comment-51824 This study would probably be more actually statistically significant if they looked at more than two weeks out of the year. This study would probably be more actually statistically significant if they looked at more than two weeks out of the year.

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