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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
2
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1993-6-24
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Several recent studies have explored gender differences in medical care that are not attributable to clinical characteristics. At an 880-bed teaching hospital between July 1987 and June 1990, we studied the importance of gender on two measures of hospital care: length of stay and ancillary service use. The latter was measured on a relative value unit (RVU) scale, based on an estimation of direct cost dollars. Neither mean age nor in-hospital mortality differed between the 9,102 women and 10,285 men. After case-mix adjustment, women stayed in the hospital 0.22 days longer than men (p = 0.01) but consumed 67 fewer RVUs (p = 0.01). This RVU difference dissolved when intensive care unit (ICU) stays were eliminated; men were 1.13 times more likely (95% confidence interval 1.07 to 1.19) to be placed in the ICU. Being married shortened length of stay and women were less likely to be married (51% vs. 68%; p < 0.001), but even within marital status subgroups women remained in the hospital longer than men. Whether this longer length of stay and less technologically intensive care for women reflects a difference in illness severity or physician gender bias requires further study.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
H
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Jun
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| pubmed:issn |
0163-2787
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
16
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
177-89
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:10125775-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:10125775-Ancillary Services, Hospital,
pubmed-meshheading:10125775-Chi-Square Distribution,
pubmed-meshheading:10125775-Costs and Cost Analysis,
pubmed-meshheading:10125775-Data Collection,
pubmed-meshheading:10125775-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:10125775-Health Services Research,
pubmed-meshheading:10125775-Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over,
pubmed-meshheading:10125775-Hospitals, University,
pubmed-meshheading:10125775-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:10125775-Intensive Care Units,
pubmed-meshheading:10125775-Internal Medicine,
pubmed-meshheading:10125775-Length of Stay,
pubmed-meshheading:10125775-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:10125775-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:10125775-Midwestern United States,
pubmed-meshheading:10125775-Physician's Practice Patterns,
pubmed-meshheading:10125775-Sex Factors
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| pubmed:year |
1993
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Gender and hospital resource use. Unexpected differences.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Emory University School of Medicine.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study,
Review
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