Gender Inequality

In a recent survey, patients said they viewed physicians in casual attire such as a fleece jacket in place of a white coat as less professional and less experienced.

New data show that female surgeons face significantly greater risks for infertility, pregnancy loss and complications, including a higher likelihood of musculoskeletal disorders, nonelective cesarean delivery and postpartum depression.

Recently published data showed that articles written by women in academic medicine had fewer journal citations regardless of authorship seniority, a disparity the authors noted may have extensive consequences for promotion and advancement.

Among pediatric electrophysiologists with similar job characteristics, women earned less than men, according to survey results presented at Heart Rhythm 2021.

Patients who were treated by female physicians had a lower in-hospital mortality rate than patients who were treated by male physicians, according to results of a retrospective cross-sectional study.

CMS data revealed that 78% of payments to rheumatologists from the pharmaceutical industry in 2014 to 2019 went to just 6% of recipients. On average, men received more than twice as much as women.

As physicians and leaders in health care continue to work toward gender equity in a system that often allows harassment to go unchecked, Erica C. Kaye, MD, MPH, issued a call to action for individuals to share their unheard stories.

Pharmaceutical industry payments to U.S. rheumatologists topped $220 million from 2014 through 2019, with 78% of that total going to just 6% of recipients, according to an analysis of CMS data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

The issue of disparities in medicine — and in cancer care specifically —has gained increasing attention as Americans confront racism and sexism in the culture.

National Women’s Health Week is observed each year, starting on Mother’s Day, to encourage women and girls to take care of their physical and mental health.