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The budget for medical care shows the opposite. Women receive a larger share of money for treatments (https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/healt
by belorn 7y ago
The budget for medical care shows the opposite. Women receive a larger share of money for treatments (https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/health-expenditures-vary-across-population/#item-while-health-spending-increases-throughout-adulthood-for-both-men-and-women-spending-varies-by-age_2016 https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/health-...) and a larger share of money goes into women research in Medical Research (https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2018/08/government-medical-research-spending-favors-women.html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2018/08/go...).
Women has a significantly higher mean number of visits to their primary care clinic and diagnostic services than men (https://www.mdedge.com/familymedicine/article/60747/womens-health/gender-differences-utilization-health-care-services https://www.mdedge.com/familymedicine/article/60747/womens-h...). The National Center for Health Statistics found that women made 30% more visits to physicians’ offices than men between 1995 and 20112.
If we then look at specific outcomes, lets compared cancer, stroke and hearth attacks. Cancer survival rate is higher for women then men when accounting for age. Men also has a higher risk for cancer, which remain when accounting for age group.
In regard to stroke the risk increases by age group as does mortality. Men are at higher risk of stroke for most age groups below age 85 years, and over 85 the incidence reverses dramatically. Outcomes is slightly worse for women but is mainly attributed to the higher age group, and there does not seem to be any difference in outcome when accounting for age.
Last hearth attack, where survival rate is higher for men then women when accounting for age. Men however is at higher risk for hearth attack and at younger age groups.
If anything, the majority of time medical care is female-oriented which negative affects male outcomes. The money, the research and the utilization of medical facilities goes more to women then men. Hearth attack outcomes is an exception and a lot of work is being done to address it, and hearth attack is go to argument when people want to argue that the health care system is discriminating against women.