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Table 2 Gender averages

From: Comparison of admission rates among patients treated by male and female emergency physicians: a multicenter study

Variables

Female (n = 30)

Male (n = 47)

T test (p - value)

Acuitya

149.3

146.9

0.227

Length of stay (minutes)

294.4

277.4

0.137

Return visits per 1000 encounters (patients)

8.4

8.5

0.864

Patient age (years)

50.9

50.2

0.457

Years of practice

16.2

19.1

0.274

Number of female patients (per annum)

1074

1051

0.804

Number of male patients (per annum)

1382

1343

0.752

Total patients (per annum)

2456

2394

0.770

Median time of encounter (24 h)

30.1

28.0

0.188

  1. aBased on weighted average of billing codes per Medicare reimbursement (Range 23–236, with 236 as most critical)