Patients are more likely to die after surgery if they are placed in certain types of rooms to recover, researchers from the University of Michigan Medical School have found.

Specifically, the researchers said patients can expect to have a better recovery if they:

People in rooms that included none of the positive features listed above were 50% more likely to die than those placed in rooms that had all the features, the research team reported.

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