Outcomes of Hospitalized Medicare Beneficiaries Treated
by Male vs Female Physicians (JAMA Internal Medicine)
Am totally fascinated
by the male vs female friendship debate.
Not exact matches
Quiz Ref IDPatients cared for
by female physicians had lower 30 - day mortality than did patients treated
by male physicians (10.82 %
vs 11.49 %; risk difference [RD], — 0.67 %; 95 % CI, — 0.80 % to — 0.54 %; P <.001; number needed to treat [NNT] to prevent 1 death, 149) after accounting for patient characteristics (Table 2).
Patients treated
by female physicians had lower 30 - day mortality (adjusted mortality, 11.07 %
vs 11.49 %; adjusted risk difference, — 0.43 %; 95 % CI, — 0.57 % to — 0.28 %; P <.001; number needed to treat to prevent 1 death, 233) and lower 30 - day readmissions (adjusted readmissions, 15.02 %
vs 15.57 %; adjusted risk difference, — 0.55 %; 95 % CI, — 0.71 % to — 0.39 %; P <.001; number needed to treat to prevent 1 readmission, 182) than patients cared for
by male physicians, after accounting for potential confounders.
Many of the stats in 4autoinsurancequote.com's article above * can not * be explained
by this road - miles gender difference, e.g.
males being involved in 80 % of all NY city accidents that kill or seriously injure pedestrians, 40,000
male drivers
vs only 14,000 females fatal accidents, reckless driving (3.41 M to 1 F ratio) and similar stats for driving under the influence and seat belt violations.