Ferrier B M, Woodward C A, Cohen M, Goldsmith C H
Can Fam Physician. 1991 Feb;37:349-52.
The authors examined OHIP billings for 1986 for 644 primary care physicians who graduated between 1972 and 1983. Women tended to order more laboratory services than men and had a higher mean monthly cost of laboratory service per patient. These differences are correlated with practice features related to physicians, such as proportion of total work done in the office, proportion of patients who are women aged 15 to 49, and proportion of the physician's practice that is psychotherapeutic. The practices of men and women differ in these features.
作者研究了1986年644名在1972年至1983年间毕业的初级保健医生的安大略省医疗保险计划(OHIP)账单。女性比男性倾向于开出更多的实验室检查项目,并且每位患者每月的实验室检查平均费用更高。这些差异与医生的执业特点相关,比如在办公室完成的工作占总工作量的比例、15至49岁女性患者的比例以及医生执业中进行心理治疗的比例。男性和女性的执业在这些特点上存在差异。