Comparison of hospital mortality and readmission rates for medicare patients treated by male vs female physicians

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 206-213

  Tsugawa, Yusuke ^a,b   Jena, Anupam B ^c,d,e   Figueroa, Jose F ^a,b   Orav, E John ^a   Blumenthal, Daniel M ^d   Jha, Ashish K ^a,b,f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNIST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; WORK SCHEDULE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85011671658     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.7875     Document Type: Article

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