Patients Treated By Women Physicians Have Lower Mortality: Study

A new study of over 776,000 patients found that those who were treated by women physicians had lower mortality and re-admission rates compared to those who consulted male physicians. The study’s findings further revealed that these benefits of receiving treatment from women physicians were larger for female patients.

To further investigate the benefits of getting treated by women physicians, researchers from the University of Tokyo delved into two data sources: Medicare claims Medicare Data on Provider Practice, and Specialty. They then studied the data of 458,108 female and 318,819 male patients who were 65 years or older and had been hospitalized with a medical condition between 2016 to 2019. Out of that, 31.1% of female patients and 30.6% of male patients were treated by women physicians.

“Among female patients, a trend toward lower patient mortality was seen among female physicians across several conditions that we examined, although the magnitude of the differences varied by conditions,” they explained. “In particular, patients treated by female physicians had a lower 30-day mortality rate than those treated by male physicians for nervous system diseases.

“The observed differences in mortality among female patients were particularly notable among those who were severely ill. Taken together, these findings suggest that treatment by female physicians may have a beneficial impact on female patients but not necessarily on male patients,” they concluded.

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