Physician-patient sex concordance and patient outcomes: Evidence from China.

ABSTRACT: The growing body of research on the effects of physician-patient sex concordance on healthcare delivery across various medical settings has yielded highly heterogeneous results, with limited evidence from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study aims to examine the impact of physician-patient sex concordance on both the quality of care (treatment outcomes and 30-day readmission rates) and medical expenditure (total expenditure and specific fee categories) among hospitalized patients with acute myocardial infarctions (AMI) in China. Using hospital administrative data (2018-2022) from a tertiary general hospital in Eastern China, we focus on the patients with a primary discharge diagnosis of AMI to achieve the random matching between physicians and patients (n = 1299). Our findin

SUBMITTER: Yuan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11982475 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature