Workforce Attrition Among Male and Female Physicians Working in US Academic Hospitals, 2014-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Retaining female physicians in the academic health care workforce is necessary to serve the needs of sociodemographically diverse patient populations.

Objective

To investigate differences in rates of leaving academia between male and female physicians.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used Care Compare data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for all physicians who billed Medicare from teaching hospitals from March 2014 to December 2019, excluding physicians who retired during the study period. Data were analyzed from November 11, 2021, to May 24, 2022.

Exposure

Physician gender.

Main outcome and measures

The primary outcome was leaving academia, which was defined as not billing Medicare from a teaching hospita

SUBMITTER: Chen YW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10352856 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature