OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether there are differences in @entity341 ( @entity341 ) @entity1 management associated with emergency physician (EP) sex, specifically in terms of ordering investigations and hospital admissions. METHODS: We included all EPs working as consultants for at least 24 consecutive months at a Spanish @entity341 during an 8-year period. Every annual period was considered independently. The classificatory variable was EP sex. For every annual period we compiled age and years of experience of each EP, the number of @entity1 who attended, and @entity1 distribution in triage categories. To analyze @entity341 resource use by each EP and period, we recorded percentages of blood tests, radiography, ultrasonography, computerized tomography (CT) scan, and hospital admission orders. RESULTS: Fifty EPs (27 @entity1 and 23 @entity1 ) were included, 291 annual periods were analyzed (132 for @entity1 and 159 for @entity1 ) and 256   524 @entity1 attendances were recorded (114   086 by @entity1 and 142   438 by @entity1 ). Blood tests were ordered in 57.2% of cases, radiography in 58.0%, ultrasounds in 5.0%, CT scans in 7.0%, and hospitalizations in 28.4%. Compared with @entity1 , @entity1 ordered 6.8% (95% confidence interval 6.1-7.5%) more blood tests, 4.6% (4.3-5.3%) more radiographies, 15.2% (11.6-18.9%) more ultrasonographies, 11.1% (8.1-14.1%) more CT scans, and 12.1% (10.8-13.4%) more hospitalizations. These differences maintained statistical significance in the stratified analysis by EP experience, and were observed for most of the years analyzed. CONCLUSION: Female EPs order more investigations and admit more @entity1 , although from our results the reason for this is unclear, and the impact on healthcare effectiveness and @entity1 outcome is unknown.

Emergency physician sex and XXXX resource use.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'patient', 'men'] @entity341 :: ('MESH:D004630', 'Disease') :: ['emergency department', 'ED']
@entity341 :: (MESH:D004630,Disease) :: ['emergency department']
