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Men and women are less likely to die when treated by female doctors, study suggests (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] flumph 33 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Both female and male patients had a lower patient mortality when treated by female physicians; however, the benefit of receiving care from female physicians was larger for female patients than for male patients.

Of note, the study was conducted on 800k senior citizens.

The findings may not be generalizable to younger populations.