When an elderly patient who was urgently hospitalized was in charge of a doctor who had few days of medical treatment, the patient mortality rate was 1.1 times higher than when a doctor who had many medical treatment days was in charge, and there was a difference in treatment results. The analysis of American data revealed that Keio University and the University of California announced.
It is not known if there is a similar tendency in Japan, but the research group says that it needs support, such as providing opportunities to learn the latest medical technology.
Using data from medical care for the elderly in the United States, the research group analyzed the mortality rate of emergency hospitalized patients who were in charge of more than 19,000 inpatient physicians in the six years up to 2016. , Published in a related magazine of the American Medical Association magazine.
According to this, the percentage of elderly patients who were urgently hospitalized died within 30 days was 9.6% when a doctor who had 160 days of medical treatment per year was in charge, whereas in the case of a doctor who had about 60 days. Is 10.5%, which means that there was a high tendency of about 1.1 times.
The research group says that it is a clinically non-negligible difference, and that it may be difficult to keep up with medical progress and team collaboration if the number of medical treatment days is short.
It is not known if there is a similar tendency in Japan, but Keio University's specially appointed assistant professor Hiroriku Kato, who conducted the research, said, "It may be improved by learning the latest medical technology and improving teamwork. As the number of part-time doctors is increasing in child-rearing and research, we need support according to each. "