TY - JOUR
T1 - Demographic Variations in Patient Populations and Regional Distributions Between Male and Female Ophthalmologists in the United States
T2 - Cross-Sectional Analysis
AU - Kalavar, Meghana
AU - Watane, Arjun
AU - Cavuoto, Kara M.
AU - Vanner, Elizabeth a.
AU - Sridhar, Jayanth
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Taylor & Francis.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Purpose: To determine if patient demographics differ by ophthalmologist gender. Methods: Demographic data on U.S. ophthalmologists were collected from the 2017 Medicare Physician and Other Supplier National Provider Identifier Aggregate Report. Results: Of the 17,230 ophthalmologists included, female ophthalmologists (23.7%) provided care for a smaller proportion of White patients (77.4% ± 24.9% female, 81.0% ± 22.1% male; p < .001), had younger beneficiaries (73.8 ± 3.2 years old females, 74.8 ± 2.9 years old males; p < .001) and had a higher proportion of female beneficiaries per provider (61.1% ± 4.6% females, 59.6% ± 4.0% males; p < .001). Average age of beneficiaries and number of beneficiaries were correlated with years since medical school (rho = 0.283, rho = 0.148; both p < .001). The number of Medicare beneficiaries, proportion of female beneficiaries, years since medical school and group practice size were independently associated with physician gender (p < .001). Conclusion: Female ophthalmologists saw a larger proportion of ethnically diverse, younger, female patients.
AB - Purpose: To determine if patient demographics differ by ophthalmologist gender. Methods: Demographic data on U.S. ophthalmologists were collected from the 2017 Medicare Physician and Other Supplier National Provider Identifier Aggregate Report. Results: Of the 17,230 ophthalmologists included, female ophthalmologists (23.7%) provided care for a smaller proportion of White patients (77.4% ± 24.9% female, 81.0% ± 22.1% male; p < .001), had younger beneficiaries (73.8 ± 3.2 years old females, 74.8 ± 2.9 years old males; p < .001) and had a higher proportion of female beneficiaries per provider (61.1% ± 4.6% females, 59.6% ± 4.0% males; p < .001). Average age of beneficiaries and number of beneficiaries were correlated with years since medical school (rho = 0.283, rho = 0.148; both p < .001). The number of Medicare beneficiaries, proportion of female beneficiaries, years since medical school and group practice size were independently associated with physician gender (p < .001). Conclusion: Female ophthalmologists saw a larger proportion of ethnically diverse, younger, female patients.
KW - gender disparities
KW - geography
KW - Medicare
KW - practice size
KW - racial disparities
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U2 - 10.1080/08820538.2021.1891264
DO - 10.1080/08820538.2021.1891264
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85101201154
JO - Seminars in Ophthalmology
JF - Seminars in Ophthalmology
SN - 0882-0538
ER -