RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Effect of a principal's gender on consultation patterns
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 654
OP 658
VO 33
IS 255
A1 M. Elan Preston-Whyte
A1 Robin C. Fraser
A1 John L. Beckett
YR 1983
UL http://bjgp.org/content/33/255/654.abstract
AB This report describes a study of consultation patterns of male and female partners in a group practice. It was found that fulltime principals of both sexes had similar levels of workload; that patients chose to consult a doctor of the same sex not only for sex-specific disorders but also for conditions which were not sex-linked; that female partners were seeing a different age distribution of patient; and that doctor-initiated appointments varied not only between individual partners but were also related to both the sex of the doctor and the sex of the patient.