Physician Work Hours and the Gender Pay Gap - Evidence from Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The gender gap in physician pay is often attributed in part to women working fewer hours than men, but evidence to date is limited by self-report and a lack of detail regarding clinical revenue and gender differences in practice style.

Methods

Using national all-payer claims and data from electronic health records, we conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 24.4 million primary care office visits in 2017 and performed comparisons between female and male physicians in the same practices. Our primary independent variable was physician gender; outcomes included visit revenue, visit counts, days worked, and observed visit time (interval between the initiation and the termination of a visit). We created multivariable regression models at the year, day, and visit level

SUBMITTER: Ganguli I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10854207 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature