Do women and men receive different care for sore throats?

Roy M. Poses, Wally R. Smith, Brian P. Schmitt, Donna Alexander-Forti, Randall D. Cebul, Robert S. Wigton

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Abstract

Several studies have shown differences in the rates at which women and men receive treatment for several common medical problems, especially heart disease. The reason for these differences and the extent to which men and women receive different treatments for other problems is unclear. The purpose of the current study was to determine whether there are differences in the rates men and women receive antibiotic therapy for pharyngitis (sore throat), whether these differences are related to differences in disease severity or comorbidity across the sexes, and whether these differences could be due to prejudice against women by male clinicians. This was a retrospective analysis of data at two university student health services in Pennsylvania and Nebraska. Male clinicians did not prescribe antibiotics at significantly different rates for male and female patients, but female clinicians prescribed antibiotics more frequently for their male patients.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)193-203
Number of pages11
JournalMotivation and Emotion
Volume19
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1995

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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