More doctors are practicing past age 70. Is that safe for patients? - Philly.com

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Philly.comMore doctors are practicing past age 70. Is that safe for patients?Philly.comNationally, the number of active physicians over age 65 quadrupled from 50,993 in 1975 to 241,641 in 2013, according to the American Medical Association. The Federation of State Medical Boards found that the number of actively licensed doctors age 70 ...