Comparison of admission rates among patients treated by male and female emergency physicians: a multicenter study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

No study to date has looked at the gender of emergency medicine (EM) physicians in the United States in relation to admission rates. This study seeks to investigate admission rates of adult patients treated by female vs male EM physicians, to identify whether a practice pattern bias exists.

Methods

This was a multicenter retrospective study of four community hospitals.

Population

All patient encounters between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017.

Outcome

We compared multiple benchmarks, including admission rates, patient acuity, length of stay, return visits, patient age, and years of practice using descriptive statistics and Pearson Correlation Coefficients.

Results

171,762 encounters by 71 EM physicians; 29 females, 42 males. Average admission ra

SUBMITTER: Valiuddin H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7329465 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature