The Role of Physician Gender in Variation in Breast Cancer Care.

Abstract

The primary aim of this study is to investigate how physician gender influences care for breast cancer patients. Secondly, we wish to examine the independent and joint influences of physician characteristics, including geographic region, race, experience, and specialty, and patient characteristics including race, age socioeconomic status, comorbidities, and mobility on breast cancer care. Recent data have shown that physician sex is a strong predictor of health services that women receive as patients. This study will build on our previous work on patient characteristics that are factors to appropriate diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in women aged 65 and older.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA322380

Entities

People

  • Karen M. Freund

Organizations

  • Boston Medical Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biopsy
  • California
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Experimental Design
  • General Surgery
  • Geographic Regions
  • Health Services
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Medical Personnel
  • Neoplasms
  • New England
  • Personnel Management
  • Physicians
  • Therapy
  • Training
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Political science

Readers

  • Medical or Health Care Field.
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