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Canadian study on female physician patient outcomes
Overview
Researchers from the University of Toronto and ICES published a study analyzing nearly 960,000 hospital admissions in Canada between 2008 and 2022. The findings, published in JAMA Network Open, suggest that patients treated by female physicians experienced lower mortality and readmission rates for seven common acute conditions, such as pneumonia and heart attacks.
Specifically, the study reported a 30-day mortality rate of 12.3 percent for patients treated by female doctors, compared to 13.7 percent for those treated by male doctors. Readmission rates were also slightly lower for patients under female care, at 18.6 percent versus 18.9 percent. While the data indicates that the risk of death decreased as the proportion of hospital days managed by female physicians increased, experts noted that the results do not definitively prove gender is the cause of these differences.
Entities
University of Toronto · ICES · Angela Jerath · Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center · Ontario
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[HEALTH] 2 sourcesCanadian study links female physicians to lower patient mortality
A Canadian study of nearly 1 million hospital admissions found that patients treated by female doctors had lower 30-day mortality and readmission rates than those treated by male doctors.
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[HEALTH] 2 sourcesCanadian study links female physicians to improved patient outcomes
A study of nearly 1 million Canadian patients found that those treated by female physicians had lower mortality and readmission rates compared to those treated by male physicians.
Sources
fanpage.it · news-medical.net · timesnownews.com · upday.com