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Outcomes of patients treated by female vs male physicians

2021-07-16
(Press-News.org) What The Study Did: Researchers investigated whether death, other hospital outcomes and processes of care differed between patients cared for by female and male physicians at hospitals in Canada.

Authors: Fahad Razak, M.D., M.Sc., of the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.1615)

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