RT Journal Article
T1 Gender and the professional career of primary care physicians in Andalusia (Spain).
A1 Delgado Sánchez, Ana
A1 Saletti Cuesta, Lorena
A1 López Fernández, Luis Andrés
A1 Luna, Juan de Dios
A1 Mateo Rodríguez, Inmaculada
K1 Género
K1 Médicos de atención primaria
K1 Andalucía
AB Background: Although the proportion of women in medicine is growing, female physicians continue to bedisadvantaged in professional activities. The purpose of the study was to determine and compare the professionalactivities of female and male primary care physicians in Andalusia and to assess the effect of the health center onthe performance of these activities.Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional, and multicenter study. Setting: Spain. Participants: Population: urban healthcenters and their physicians. Sample: 88 health centers and 500 physicians. Independent variable: gender.Measurements: Control variables: age, postgraduate family medicine specialty (FMS), patient quota, patients/day,hours/day housework from Monday to Friday, idem weekend, people at home with special care, and familysituation. Dependent variables: 24 professional activities in management, teaching, research, and the scientificcommunity. Self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive, bivariate, and multilevel logistic regression analyses.Results: Response: 73.6%. Female physicians: 50.8%. Age: female physicians, 49.1 ± 4.3 yrs; male physicians, 51.3 ±4.9 yrs (p < 0.001). Female physicians with FMS: 44.2%, male physicians with FMS: 33.3% (p < 0.001). Femalephysicians dedicated more hours to housework and more frequently lived alone versus male physicians. There wereno differences in healthcare variables. Thirteen of the studied activities were less frequently performed by femalephysicians, indicating their lesser visibility in the production and diffusion of scientific knowledge. Performance ofthe majority of professional activities was independent of the health center in which the physician worked.Conclusions: There are gender inequities in the development of professional activities in urban health centers inAndalusia, even after controlling for family responsibilities, work load, and the effect of the health center, whichwas important in only a few of the activities under study.
PB Biomed Central
YR 2011
FD 2011-02-28
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/242
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/242
LA en
NO Delgado A, Saletti-Cuesta L, López-Fernández LA, de Dios Luna J de D, Mateo-Rodriguez I. Gender and the professional career of primary care physicians in Andalusia (Spain). BMC Health Serv Res. 2011 Feb 28; 11:51
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