In this article from April 6, 2023 entitled Female physicians at California hospital take on medicine’s gender gap, there is a discussion of the lack of female surgeons in the US and in Canada. This study Association of Surgeon-Patient Sex Concordance With Postoperative Outcomes finds that “Women were 32% more likely to die if treated by a male surgeon rather than a female one,” and “men were less likely to die at the hands of female surgeons.”
I would argue that this article highlights the barrier to public health of health care provider shortage as having more diversity in practitioners can improve outcomes.
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