Patient–physician gender concordance and increased mortality among female heart attack patients
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- Brad N. Greenwood
- Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455;
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- Seth Carnahan
- Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130;
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- Laura Huang
- Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02163
説明
<jats:title>Significance</jats:title> <jats:p>A large body of medical research suggests that women are less likely than men to survive traumatic health episodes like acute myocardial infarctions. In this work, we posit that these difficulties may be partially explained, or exacerbated, by the gender match between the patient and the physician. Findings suggest that gender concordance increases a patient’s probability of survival and that the effect is driven by increased mortality when male physicians treat female patients. Empirical extensions indicate that mortality rates decrease when male physicians practice with more female colleagues or have treated more female patients in the past.</jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (34), 8569-8574, 2018-08-06
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences