Explaining the Gender Gap in Waiting Times for Scheduled Surgery in the Portuguese National Health Service

Explaining the Gender Gap in Waiting Times for Scheduled Surgery in the Portuguese National Health Service

Objective: This paper evaluates the gender gap in waiting times for scheduled surgery, using information on 2.6 million surgical episodes in Portuguese National Health Service hospitals covering the period from 2011 to 2015. Methodology: We estimated the gross gender gap, i.e., the differential betw...

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Main Authors: Joana Cima, Paulo Guimarães, Álvaro Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2021-02-01
Series:Portuguese Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
waiting times
scheduled surgery
gender gap
gelbach’s decomposition
portugal
Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/514798

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