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Patient–physician gender concordance and increased mortality among female heart attack patients

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  • Brad N. Greenwood

    (Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455)

  • Seth Carnahan

    (Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130)

  • Laura Huang

    (Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02163)

Abstract

We examine patient gender disparities in survival rates following acute myocardial infarctions (i.e., heart attacks) based on the gender of the treating physician. Using a census of heart attack patients admitted to Florida hospitals between 1991 and 2010, we find higher mortality among female patients who are treated by male physicians. Male patients and female patients experience similar outcomes when treated by female physicians, suggesting that unique challenges arise when male physicians treat female patients. We further find that male physicians with more exposure to female patients and female physicians have more success treating female patients.

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  • Brad N. Greenwood & Seth Carnahan & Laura Huang, 2018. "Patient–physician gender concordance and increased mortality among female heart attack patients," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 115(34), pages 8569-8574, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nas:journl:v:115:y:2018:p:8569-8574
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    2. Si, Yafei & Bateman, Hazel & Chen, Shu & Hanewald, Katja & Li, Bingqin & Su, Min & Zhou, Zhongliang, 2023. "Quantifying the financial impact of overuse in primary care in China: A standardised patient study," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 320(C).
    3. Kartik K. Ganju & Hilal Atasoy & Jeffery McCullough & Brad Greenwood, 2020. "The Role of Decision Support Systems in Attenuating Racial Biases in Healthcare Delivery," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 66(11), pages 5171-5181, November.
    4. Brad Greenwood & Idris Adjerid & Corey M. Angst & Nathan L. Meikle, 2022. "How Unbecoming of You: Online Experiments Uncovering Gender Biases in Perceptions of Ridesharing Performance," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 175(3), pages 499-518, January.

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