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Apr 1, 2019 · The most attendances were made by patients aged between 60-79 years with 30.6 million (31.9 percent) for both males and females. 39.8 percent of attendances for women aged 20-39 years were for maternity services, defined as where the treatment specialty was either ‘Obstetrics’ or ‘Midwife Episode’. Summary report 8: Outpatient ...
Mar 6, 2021 · From Monday 8 March, the Women's Health Strategy will spend 12 weeks speaking to female patients about a wide range of issues including maternity care and mental health. The plan was due to...
Jul 16, 2021 · Patients treated by female physicians had lower in-hospital mortality (2256 of 46 772 patients [4.8%] vs 6452 of 124 853 patients [5.2%]).
- Anjali Sergeant, Sudipta Saha, Saeha Shin, Adina Weinerman, Janice L. Kwan, Lauren Lapointe-Shaw, Te...
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Apr 1, 2019 · Female patients accounted for 11.4 million (54.6 per cent) of episodes. Episodes for females aged 20-39 years were 2.5 times more than the equivalent male age group, indicating that maternity services were responsible for a large proportion of activity in this age and sex category.
Apr 22, 2024 · In the study of people ages 65 and older, 8.15% of women treated by female physicians died within 30 days, compared with 8.38% of women treated by male physicians.
May 29, 2018 · One of the most pervasive implicit biases in the medical system regards gender. Brain tumours are only one example. A 2015 study revealed a longer lag time from the onset of symptoms to diagnosis...
Furthermore, many patients prefer to be treated by a doctor of a particular gender; for example, research has shown that female patients scheduled for a colonoscopy tend to prefer a female endoscopist.
