Assessment of dermatologist–patient gender concordance among medicare beneficiaries
| Autor: | Paula W. Feng, Christian Gronbeck, Hao Feng |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Concordance Dermatology Primary care Medicare Preventive care Patient care 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans skin and connective tissue diseases Aged Retrospective Studies 030203 arthritis & rheumatology Practice setting business.industry Medicare beneficiary United States Cross-Sectional Studies Medicare population Female Patient communication business Dermatologists |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Dermatological Treatment. 33:1130-1133 |
| ISSN: | 1471-1753 0954-6634 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES Physician-patient gender concordance has been linked to more effective patient communication and preventative care screening in the primary care setting. We sought to characterize physician-patient gender concordance among dermatologists based on dermatologist practice setting and characteristics as well as compare these rates to those in other physician specialties. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective, cross-sectional review of the 2017 Medicare Physician and Other Supplier Public Use File. RESULTS In the Medicare population, the mean gender concordance rates among male (52.7) and female (59.9) dermatologists were greater than the overall prevalence of male (46.7) and female (53.3) dermatology beneficiaries (p |
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