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Beginners:

care- opieka

The hospital offers very high standard of care to all patients.

Intermediate:

outcome- wynik / rezultat

The positive outcome of the operation surprised all the medical staff.

Advanced:

disparity- różnica/ odmienność

Disparities between the outcomes of treatment were carefully considered by the doctors.

Full text:

• research finding – dofinansowanie badań / prac badawczych
• rise to the rank of professor – dojść do tytułu profesora
• disparities – różnice
• disproportional domestic responsibilities – nierówno dzielone obowiązki domowe
• maternity leave – urlop macierzyński
• part-time schedules – praca w niepełnym wymiarze

Salaries for female physicians are 8% lower than male physicians. At academic hospitals, male physicians receive more research funding and are more than twice as likely as female physicians to rise to the rank of professor . These disparities  have historically been linked to the effects of disproportionate domestic responsibilities: including maternity leave and subsequent part-time schedules.

• higher-quality medical care – wyższy standard opieki medycznej
• review the records – przeanalizować zapisy / dane
• re-admission – ponowna hospitalizacja
• significantly lower- znacząco niższe

But no. Female physicians actually tend to provide higher-quality medical care ) than males, according to research released today. If male physicians were as adept as females, some 32,000 fewer Americans would die every year—among Medicare patients alone. The research is published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers from Harvard University reviewed the records of 1,583,028 hospital  visits among Medicare patients. Within 30 days of arriving at the hospital, rates of death and re-admission were significantly lower when the patient’s doctor was female.

• conditions of all sorts and severities – rozmaite choroby o różnym stopniu dolegliwości
• randomly assigned – przypadkowo przypisani do …/ przydzieleni

This was true for people with medical conditions of all sorts and severities. The researchers tried to account for every variable; but ultimately all that was left was the finding that women are superior to men at treating these (65-and-older) patients in the hospital. The association held true even for patients who were randomly assigned  to a physician when they arrived. People treated by a female had a 4 percent lower risk of dying and 5 percent lower risk of being admitted to the hospital again in the following month.

• provide preventive care – zapewnić opiekę profilaktyczną
• psychological counseling – psychologiczne wsparcie
• adhere to clinical guidelines – dostosować się do klinicznych zaleceń
• lower mortality  – niższa śmiertelność
• the best possible outcomes – najlepsze możliwe wyniki/ rezultaty
• irrespective of … – niezależnie od …
• make up only one-third  – stanowią jedynie 1/3
• work force – pracownicy/ ogół zatrudnionych

To explain the discrepancy, the researchers point to past studies that have shown female physicians are more likely to provide preventive care and psychological counseling. Female doctors are also more likely to adhere to clinical guidelines . Female physicians “have a more patient- centered communication style,and have longer visits than male physicians. The next step would be to understand why female physicians have lower mortality  so that all patients can have the best possible outcomes, irrespective of the gender of their physician. Females make up only one-third of the American physician work force  .

Watch HERE the film on the increase of female doctors

Moduł językowy opracowany na podstawie artykułu: ‘Female Doctors may be Better than Male Doctors’, opublikowanego na theatlantic.com