Explaining the gender gap in waiting times for scheduled surgery in the portuguese national health service

Abstract 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 differen...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cima,Joana (author)
Outros Autores: Guimarães,Paulo (author), Almeida,Álvaro (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2021
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Texto completo:http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2504-31452021000100003
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:scielo:S2504-31452021000100003