Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the role of gender of the physician and gender of the patient in explaining differences in patient satisfaction.
Material And Methods: Overall, 1,130 patients were assigned to one of 4 possible physician-patient sex dyads and were interviewed with a questionnaire about their patient satisfaction.
Results: Female patients in a dyad with a female physician were most satisfied with the overall judgment of practice visit and the inclusion of life situation in comparison to all other dyads. Male patients in a dyad with a male physician were least satisfied.
Conclusion: In the future, the specific role of patient-physician dyads has to be considered more in the assessment of subdimensions of patient satisfaction.
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JMIR Res Protoc
January 2025
Institute of Medical Sociology and Rehabilitation Science, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs
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Department of Oncology and Palliative Care, North Zealand Hospital, Dyrehavevej 29, 3400 Hillerød, Denmark.
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Br J Anaesth
January 2025
Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Auckland City Hospital Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Auckland, New Zealand; Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Electronic address:
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