Improved Patient Outcomes with Female Doctors

Forecast for patients is better with female doctors. Scientists analyzed data from over 458,000 women and over 318,000 men hospitalized over several years to understand the impact of a doctor's gender on treatment. They examined the number of patients who died within 30 days of hospital admission and the number of readmissions. It turned out that female doctors achieved better results. The difference was even more noticeable when the patient was also a woman, especially when it came to serious illnesses.