Female Doctors See Less Patients Than Male Docs in UK
(THE GUARDIAN) 28 January 2008:
One of the age old questions is why the gender pay gap persists. One of the reasons may be apparent in the UK health service. A trend in the past 20 years: A majority of new doctors have been women. This group of first generation female docs is now rising to the top of the profession.
What is being found is that the female consultants treat 20% fewer patients than their male counterparts. It might be to do with working hours, with child care responsibilities, or it might be to do with methods of treatment. It could also have to do with the fact that female doctors actually take the time needed to fully consider the patient in front of them.
Unfortunately, whatever the case, some may use this as yet another excuse to pay female physicians less in the UK.
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November 10th, 2009 at 2:06 am
[...] much more important is this: What is being found is that the female consultants treat 20% fewer patients than their male [...]
May 6th, 2010 at 10:27 am
This is interesting. But it seems like the dr that sees the most patient should probably receive more money.