There is little difference in mortality, readmission rate, and treatment costs.
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Research has shown that doctors who graduated from famous medical schools do not necessarily treat patients better. [사진=클립아트코리아]The 14th is the day when the 2025 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) will be held. Particular attention is being paid to this CSAT because the number of medical school admissions has increased.
Although there is still ongoing conflict over the expansion of the number of students, the number of students admitted to medical school next year will be increased by about 1,500 compared to last year. The reason why medical school admission quota is important is because it is an integrated CSAT, so many high scorers, regardless of liberal arts or science, aim to enter medical school.
Of course, even among those with high scores, there are cases where they apply to other universities, such as engineering schools, depending on their aptitude and future prospects, but the reality is that medical schools are the top priority when it comes to admissions. However, it is said that even after going through a difficult process to enter medical school, there are cases where students re-apply to go to a more reputable medical school.
One question that arises here is whether doctors who graduated from famous medical schools treat patients better. In relation to this, according to research results from the United States, a medically advanced country, but not Korea, “this is not the case.”
A research team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine analyzed the relationship between the ranking of medical schools by the US current affairs magazine ‘US News & World Report’ and the performance of doctors who graduated from those schools. .
We extracted data from 1 million beneficiaries of medical insurance for seniors aged 65 or older and analyzed the performance of over 30,000 doctors involved in their treatment. Patients were limited to those who visited the hospital as an emergency and received treatment from a general internist.
The research team looked at the patient’s mortality rate within 30 days after treatment, readmission rate within 30 days, as well as the amount of insurance benefits received for treatment. This was to check whether unnecessary or inefficient treatment was provided.
The results showed that, overall, which medical school a doctor graduated from had little effect on patient treatment.
As a result of analyzing the top 10 medical schools and those ranked 50th or lower, there was no difference in mortality rate within 30 days. Readmission rates and costs spent on treatment were slightly lower for doctors who graduated from top 10 schools, but the differences were minimal.
The readmission rate within 30 days was 15.7% for doctors from the top 10 universities and 16.1% for doctors from the 50th or lower universities, and the insurance benefit claimed for treatment was $1,029 (approximately 1.44 million won) for doctors from the top 10 universities, 50% for doctors from the top 10 universities. In the case of the above and below, it was found to be $1,066 (about 1.49 million won).
The results of this study (Association between physician US News & World Report medical school ranking and patient outcomes and costs of care) were published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
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