Clinicians can encounter sex and gender disparities in diagnostic and therapeutic
responses. These disparities are noted in epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical …

Despite a growing body of evidence, the distinct contributions of biological sex and the
sociocultural dimension of gender to the manifestations and outcomes of ischaemic heart …

Importance Surgeon sex is associated with differential postoperative outcomes, though the
mechanism remains unclear. Sex concordance of surgeons and patients may represent a …

Importance The Press Ganey Outpatient Medical Practice Survey is used to measure the
patient experience. An understanding of the patient-and physician-related determinants of …

Recent work has emphasized the benefits of patient–physician concordance on clinical care
outcomes for underrepresented minorities, arguing it can ameliorate outgroup biases, boost …

We study the effect of physician workforce diversity on the demand for preventive care
among African American men. In an experiment in Oakland, California, we randomize black …

The purpose of this Review is to provide evidence for why gender equality in science,
medicine, and global health matters for health and health-related outcomes. We present a …

Background Some studies, mainly from high-income countries (HICs), report that women
receive less care (investigations and treatments) for cardiovascular disease than do men …

Women engage in less commercial patenting and invention than do men, which may affect
what is invented. Using text analysis of all US biomedical patents filed from 1976 through …

Age-standardised rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) are substantially higher in men
than women. This explains why CVD has traditionally been seen as a “man's problem” …