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* Female doctors paid 87 cents to the dollar for every hour worked compared to their male colleagues
* Female doctors spend more time with patients, order more tests and spend more time discussing preventive care than their male counterparts 1/
@WomxnsHC https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa2013804#.X3YKPa3ux9E.twitter
* Female doctors spend more time with patients, order more tests and spend more time discussing preventive care than their male counterparts 1/
@WomxnsHC https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa2013804#.X3YKPa3ux9E.twitter
* Female primary care providers generated equal revenue but spent 15.7% more time withpatient
* Female doctors responding to pressure from society to be kind, pay attention, talk to patients. Male doctors responding to churn through visits to make more money from those visits 2/
* Female doctors responding to pressure from society to be kind, pay attention, talk to patients. Male doctors responding to churn through visits to make more money from those visits 2/
* Findings show the U.S. health system pays physicians using a flawed formula
* Female physicians report the highest rates of burnout and our findings may help explain why. If longer visits contribute to feelings of time pressure and a chaotic work environment -- for lower pay 3/
* Female physicians report the highest rates of burnout and our findings may help explain why. If longer visits contribute to feelings of time pressure and a chaotic work environment -- for lower pay 3/
it's understandable that job satisfaction might be lower
* Female primary care providers documented more diagnoses/placed more orders, but more likely to miss opportunities to bill higher-paying visit codes on basis of the time they had spent with patients
* Female primary care providers documented more diagnoses/placed more orders, but more likely to miss opportunities to bill higher-paying visit codes on basis of the time they had spent with patients
