Delay of Pregnancy Among Physicians vs Nonphysicians.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Women physicians may delay childbearing and experience childlessness more often than nonphysicians, but existing knowledge is based largely on self-reported survey data.

Objective

To compare patterns of childbirth between physicians and nonphysicians.

Design, setting, and participants

Population-based retrospective cohort study of reproductive-aged women (15-50 years) in Ontario, Canada, accrued from January 1, 1995, to November 28, 2018, and observed to March 31, 2019. Outcomes of 5238 licensed physicians of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario were compared with those of 26 640 nonphysicians (sampled in a 1:5 ratio). Physicians and nonphysicians were observed from age 15 years onward.

Exposures

Physicians vs nonphysicians.

Main outc

SUBMITTER: Cusimano MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8094034 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature