ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2021
Is Patient-Physician Gender Concordance Related to the Quality of Patient Care Experiences?
Article in Journal of general internal medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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- Physician-patient sex concordance and patient outcomes: Evidence from China.SSM - population health · 2025Article
- Comparing In-Person, Telephonic, and Video-Based Treatment of Depression in Adult Primary Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic.The Permanente journal · 2025Article
- Effects of a Gender-Balancing Strategy on Resident Panels in a Primary Care Setting.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Observational
- Evaluating cancer patients' experiences with doctor-patient communication in Taiwan: development and validation of a new assessment instrument.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- Social concordance and patient reported experiences in countries with different gender equality: a multinational survey.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- Associations of the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Clinician and Group Survey Scores with Interventions and Site, Provider, and Patient Factors: A Systematic Review of the Evidence.Journal of patient experience · 2024Article
- How the CAHPS Clinician and Group Patient Experience Survey Data Have Been Used in Research: A Systematic Review.Journal of patient-centered research and reviews · 2024Review
- Relationship between Satisfaction Scores and Racial/Ethnic and Sex Concordance in Primary Care.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Improved Patient Experience and Outcomes: Is Patient-Provider Concordance the Key?Journal of patient experience · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is great interest in identifying factors that are related to positive patient experiences such as physician communication style. Documented gender-specific physician communication and patient behavior differences raise the question of whether gender concordant relationships (i.e., both the provider and patient share the same gender) might affect patient experiences.
objectiveAssess whether patient experiences are more positive in gender concordant primary care relationships.
designStatewide telephone surveys. Linear mixed regression models to estimate the association of CAHPS scores with patient gender and gender concordance. SUBJECTS: Two probability samples of primary care Medicaid patients in Connecticut in 2017 (5/17-7/17) and 2019 (7/19-10/19). MAIN MEASURES: Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CG-CAHPS) survey augmented with questions about aspects of care most salient to PCMH-designated organizations and two questions to assess access to mental health services. KEY
resultsThere were no significant effects of gender concordance and differences in experiences by patient gender were modest.
conclusionsThis study did not support the suggestion that patient and physician gender and gender concordance have an important effect on patient experiences.
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