ArticleThe Yale journal of biology and medicine2016
Patient Preference for Physician Gender in the Emergency Department.
Article in The Yale journal of biology and medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03546114 (Does Gender Matter? Patient Preference in an Italian Osteopathic Clinical Setting), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Does Gender Matter? Patient Preference in an Italian Osteopathic Clinical Setting
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
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- Effect of Physician Gender and Race on Simulated Patients' Ratings and Confidence in Their Physicians: A Randomized Trial.JAMA network open · 2020Trial
- Preferences for physician sex among adults attending Syrian public teaching hospitals: A multicenter cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Pulmonologist Gender Preference and Associated Factors.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Article
- Gender perception of physician candidates: a cross-sectional study from Turkey.Korean journal of medical education · 2025Article
- Gender Preferences in Healthcare: A Study of Saudi Patients' Physician Preferences.Patient preference and adherence · 2025Article
- Gender perception of pareidolia faces in emergency department patients: the influence of physician gender.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- Association of Sex Mismatch Between Patients and Speech-Language Therapists with Favorable Outcome in Eating and Swallowing Functions in Dementia Care: A Pilot Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
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- Factors influencing gender preference towards surgeons among Jordanian adults: an investigation of healthcare bias.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Sex/gender differences in gastrointestinal endoscopy from the perspective of patients and gastroenterologists.Clinical endoscopy · 2023Review
- Factors that influence preference for male or female urologist among underserved patients in New York City.BJUI compass · 2023Article
- Disparities in patient-resident physician communication and counseling: A multi-perspective exploratory qualitative study.PloS one · 2023Article
- One in Three Chance of Finding A Plastic Surgeon on Major Hospital Websites.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
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- Acceptance of female urologists among patients with suspected prostate disease.Translational andrology and urology · 2021Article
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Despite historical gender bias against female physicians, few studies have investigated patients' physician gender preference in the emergency department (ED) setting. We sought to determine if there is an association between ED patient demographics and physician gender preference. We surveyed patients presenting to an ED to determine association between patient demographics and patient physician gender preference for five ED situations: 1) 'routine' visit, 2) emergency visit, 3) 'sensitive' medical visit, 4) minor surgical/'procedural' visit, and 5) 'bad news' delivery. A total of 200 ED patients were surveyed. The majority of ED patients reported no physician gender preference for 'routine' visits (89.5 percent), 'emergent' visits (89 percent), 'sensitive' medical visits (59 percent), 'procedural' visits (89 percent) or when receiving 'bad news' (82 percent). In the setting of 'routine' visits and 'sensitive' medical visits, there was a propensity for same-sex physician preference.
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