Diversity among health care leaders in Canada: a cross-sectional study of perceived gender and race.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diverse health care leadership teams may improve health care experiences and outcomes for patients. We sought to explore the race and gender of hospital and health ministry executives in Canada and compare their diversity with that of the populations they serve.

Methods

This cross-sectional study included leaders of Canada's largest hospitals and all provincial and territorial health ministries. We included individuals listed on institutional websites as part of the leadership team if a name and photo were available. Six reviewers coded and analyzed the perceived race and gender of leaders, in duplicate. We compared the proportion of racialized health care leaders with the race demographics of the general population from the 2016 Canadian Census.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Sergeant A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8920524 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature