https://www.statnews.com/2016/12/19/patients-female-physicians-live-longer/ https://www.statnews.com/2016/12/19/patients-female-physicia... >Public health rese

https://www.statnews.com/2016/12/19/patients-female-physicians-live-longer/ https://www.statnews.com/2016/12/19/patients-female-physicia... >Public health researchers at Harvard found that elderly patients were less likely to die or be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days if treated by female doctors rather than male. The study doesn’t explain why this happens, but prior studies have found that female doctors tend to spend more time with patients, communicate better, and follow clinical guidelines more often than their male colleagues.