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Women in Intensive Care study: a preliminary assessment of international data on female representation in the ICU physician workforce, leadership and academic positions

Critical Care, 2018
Background Despite increasing female enrolment into medical schools, persistent gender gaps exist in the physician workforce. There are limited published data on female representation in the critical care medicine workforce.
Bala Venkatesh, Sangeeta Mehta, Derek C. Angus, Simon Finfer, Flavia R. Machado, John Marshall, Imogen Mitchell, Sandra Peake, Janice L. Zimmerman   +8 more
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Learning or leaving? An international qualitative study of factors affecting the resilience of female family doctors [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Many countries have insufficient numbers of family doctors, and more females than males leave the workforce at a younger age or have difficulty sustaining careers.
Doohan, Noemi, Howe, Amanda, Shiner, Alice, Watson, Jessica   +3 more
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Women as a driver to address gaps in the global surgical workforce

Human Resources for Health, 2023
Five billion people around the world lack access to safe and affordable surgical, anaesthetic, and obstetric care. There is a link between countries in which women are underrepresented in the surgical workforce and those struggling to meet their surgical
Isabella Busa, Shobhana Nagraj
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Gender differences in dermatologist practice locations in the United States: A cross-sectional analysis of current gender gaps

International Journal of Women's Dermatology, 2021
Background: The percentage of female dermatologists has increased from 6.9% in 1970 to 48.9% in 2017. Despite the changing gender composition of the dermatologist workforce, it is unknown whether there are gender-based differences in dermatology practice
Sepideh Ashrafzadeh, BS, Gregory A. Peters, MD, Elizabeth A. Buzney, MD, Hang Lee, PhD, Maryam M. Asgari, MD, MPH   +4 more
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U.S. Meat Demand: Household Dynamics and Media Information Impacts

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2010
This article uses national, quarterly data to examine U.S. meat demand using the Rotterdam model. We investigate the effect of multiple information indices linking different health concerns with diet, changes in household dynamics, and meat recall ...
Glynn T. Tonsor, James R. Mintert, Ted C. Schroeder   +2 more
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Narrowing but persisting gender pay gap among employees of the US Department of Health and Human Services during 2010–2018

Human Resources for Health, 2021
Background The gender pay gap in the United States (US) has narrowed over the last several decades, with the female/male earnings ratio in the US increased from about 60% before the 1980s to about 79% by 2014.
Zhuo Chen, Yihong Zhang, Huabin Luo, Donglan Zhang, Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa, Yuheng Wang, Ruoxi Wang, Grace Bagwell-Adams   +7 more
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Access to non-pecuniary benefits : does gender matter? : evidence from six low- and middle-income countries [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Gender issues remain a neglected area in most approaches to health workforce policy, planning and research. There is an accumulating body of evidence on gender differences in health workers’ employment patterns and pay, but inequalities in ...
Alfano, Marco, Gupta, Neeru
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Retirement Planning among Female Workforce in Malaysia and China

Journal of ASIAN Behavioural Studies, 2023
A phenomenon has emerged whereby the life expectancy of women is 74.2 years, and men's is 69.8 years. Hence, it is crucial to encourage early retirement planning among women.  This study aims to explore the factors that influence retirement planning awareness and readiness among women in Malaysia and China.
Jing Yuan, Kim Mee Chong, Ivy Siaw Hung Hii, Hao Lun Li   +3 more
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Representation of Women in Canadian Radiation Oncology Trainees and Radiation Oncologists: Progress or Regress?

Advances in Radiation Oncology, 2022
Purpose: The study objective was to determine the representation of women in Canadian radiation oncology (RO) trainees and the radiation oncologist workforce over time.
Jaime K. Kwok, MD, Nina Samson, MD, MSc, Corinne M. Doll, MD, Lisa Barbera, MD, MPA, Shaun K. Loewen, PhD, MD   +4 more
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Personal and practice profile of male and female ophthalmologists in India

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2015
Background: The aim of this study was to study the practice pattern, personal profile, and work-family balance of male and female ophthalmologists in India.
Kumar Saurabh, Krishnendu Sarkar, Rupak Roy, Parthopratim Dutta Majumder   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source