Female ER physicians order more tests and admit more patients than male physicians, study

Female ER physicians order more tests and admit more patients than male physicians, study shows. A new UCLA Health study examining more than 1.5 million emergency department (ED) visits found that female physicians request more imaging and laboratory tests and admit more patients to the hospital than their male counterparts working alongside them.

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Trechos de apoio da pauta: A new UCLA Health study examining more than 1.5 million emergency department (ED) visits found that female physicians request more imaging and laboratory tests and admit more patients to the hospital than their male counterparts working alongside them. But the added testing was just as likely to uncover important findings, suggesting the additional care may have been clinically appropriate.

• Ponto de atenção: female.
• Ponto de atenção: physicians.
• Ponto de atenção: order.

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