Pérez-Sánchez, SoledadMadueño, Sara EichauMontaner, Joan2023-02-092023-02-092021-08-13http://hdl.handle.net/10668/18492Objective: To analyze whether the increased representation of women in the health field is accompanied by a greater presence in leadership positions in the public health system and whether there are differences according to the hospital level. Methods: A descriptive study of the distribution of leadership positions by sex and type of hospital within the health centers of a regional public health system. Results: In total, 74.01% of the professionals were women. The representation of women in management positions was 33.1%, and among service chiefs, it was 24.01%. In the service headings, we observed that surgical specialties had a lower representation of women (30.9% in medical specialties vs. 18.1% in surgical specialties, penAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/gender gaphealth care institutionsmanagement positionsresearch article34476325open access10.1089/heq.2021.00132473-1242PMC8409238https://doi.org/10.1089/heq.2021.0013https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8409238/pdf