Advisory Board April 26, 2024
According to a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, patients have both lower mortality and readmission rates when treated by female physicians, as compared to male physicians.
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Patients fare better with female physicians
For the study, researchers analyzed Medicare claims data on 458,108 female patients and 318,819 male patients from 2016 to 2019. Among both patient groups, around 30% were treated by female physicians.
Overall, the researchers found that all patients had lower mortality rates when treated by female physicians. The mortality rates for men and women treated by female physicians were 10.15% and 8.2%, respectively. In comparison, mortality rates for men and women treated by male physicians...
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