Patients treated by female doctors more likely to survive, study finds

One study made an interesting claim regarding patients’ chances of rehospitalization and survival.

According to foreign media, research has claimed that patients treated by female doctors have more chances of survival.

The study also concluded that patients treated by female doctors have lower mortality and re-hospitalization rates.

According to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, female doctors have lower patient mortality rates than male doctors.

The study included 458,100 female patients and more than 318,800 male patients who were hospitalized for various diseases from 2016 to 2019.

According to foreign media, the study concluded that patients treated by female doctors had lower rates of death and re-hospitalization.

According to the research, the mortality rate of female patients treated by female doctors was 8.15% while the rate was 8.38% during treatment by male doctors.

The study said that the mortality rate among men treated by female doctors was 10.15 percent while the rate was 10.23 percent when treated by male doctors.

It is important to note that female physicians provide higher quality care and therefore having more female physicians is beneficial for patients, a statement released regarding the research said.

Experts said that women doctors spend more time talking to their patients, looking at records and treating them. Female patients get a lot of help in getting treatment from female doctors.