Patients Treated By Women Doctors Face Lower Risk Of Death And Readmission: Study
\n\nDoes the sex of your doctor affect your chances of recovering in hospital? A new study suggests it might. Hospitalised patients treated by female doctors had a lower risk of dying within 30 days and were slightly less likely to be readmitted to hospital than those treated by male doctors.
\n\nThe study, published in JAMA Network Open, looked at the health records of 958,150 adults admitted to hospitals in Ontario, Canada, between 2008 and 2022. Researchers found that the 30-day death rate was 12.3% among patients treated by female physicians, compared to 13.7% among those treated by male physicians.
\n\nThere was also a small difference in hospital readmissions. Within 30 days, 18.6% of patients treated by female doctors were admitted to hospital again, compared to 18.9% of those treated by male doctors.
\n\n“Past research has largely focused on surgical patients and the admitting physician only. Our findings add to the growing body of research examining the relationship between physician sex and patient outcomes, broadening the evidence beyond surgical care to a wider range of medical conditions and other physicians,” says Dr. Angela Jerath, an ICES scientist, and…
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