Female doctors’ patients less likely to die within a month of discharge, study shows
Female doctors could provide more patient-centred care and cut through taboos for women, authors say.
The battle of the sexes in medicine continues, with results from a study suggesting that hospital patients fare better following discharge if their doctor was female rather than male.
Patients of female doctors had lower 30-day mortality and readmission rates compared with those under the care of male doctors, according to data from nearly 780,000 US patients.
