Physician gender and patient-centered communication: a critical review of empirical research.

By D. Roter, Judith A. Hall. Annual Review of Public Health, 2004

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Comparison of Hospital Mortality and Readmission Rates for Medicare Patients Treated by Male vs Female Physicians (2017, result): “Taken together with previous evidence 1–15 suggesting that male and female physicians may practice differently, our findings indicate that potential differences in practice patterns between male and female physicians may have important clinical implications for patient outcomes.”
Electronic medical record use and physician-patient communication: an observational study of Israeli primary care encounters. (2006, background): “A detailed discussion of patient-centered measures and their conceptual underpinning can be found in Roter and Hall [26].”
Patient‐centered care and adherence: Definitions and applications to improve outcomes (2008, background): “There was no difference in patient satisfaction or report on health outcomes related to increased time of healthcare visit (Roter & Hall, 2004).”
Publishing while Female. Are women held to higher standards? Evidence from peer review. (2017, background): “, conscientiousness, tenacity and diligence—that correlate with quality and connote “femininity”: female physicians consult longer with patients (Roter and Hall, 2004); female politicians fundraise more intensely (Jenkins, 2007);19 female faculty commit fewer instances of academic misconduct (Fang e”