Ha! If we assume the goal of such research is to improve patient care (rather than grab headlines) then is there any benefit to comparing demographic groups lik

Ha! If we assume the goal of such research is to improve patient care (rather than grab headlines) then is there any benefit to comparing demographic groups like this? If the hypothesis is that female doctors get better outcomes because they follow clinical guidelines more closely, then surely we should be looking at something like patient outcome vs. how closely clinical guidelines were followed.