2021
National Awards and Female Emergency Physicians in the United States: Is the "Recognition Gap" Closing?
Fang AC, Chekijian SA, Zeidan AJ, Choo EK, Sethuraman KN. National Awards and Female Emergency Physicians in the United States: Is the "Recognition Gap" Closing? Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 61: 540-549. PMID: 34364703, DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.07.009.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Association between patient-physician gender concordance and patient experience scores. Is there gender bias?
Chekijian S, Kinsman J, Taylor RA, Ravi S, Parwani V, Ulrich A, Venkatesh A, Agrawal P. Association between patient-physician gender concordance and patient experience scores. Is there gender bias? The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 45: 476-482. PMID: 33069544, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.09.090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient satisfaction surveyFemale patientsProvider scoresOverall assessment scoreEmergency departmentPatient satisfactionPhysician genderPatient-physician gender concordanceFemale physiciansAssessment scoresGender concordancePatient satisfaction survey dataSatisfaction surveyEffect of patientFemale emergency physiciansPatient experience scoresLogistic regression modelsCross-sectional analysisElectronic health recordsPatients' oddsAdult patientsPatient genderEmergency physiciansLower oddsEmergency care
2018
Emergency physician empathy does not explain variation in admission rates
Parwani V, Ashkenasi D, Rothenberg C, Ulrich A, Chekijian S, Shapiro M, Melnick E, Venkatesh A. Emergency physician empathy does not explain variation in admission rates. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2018, 37: 767-768. PMID: 30220643, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.08.025.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Patient Ethnicity Predicts Poor Health Access and Gaps in Perception of Personal Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Kim Y, Hogan K, D’Onofrio G, Chekijian S, Safdar B. Patient Ethnicity Predicts Poor Health Access and Gaps in Perception of Personal Cardiovascular Risk Factors. Critical Pathways In Cardiology A Journal Of Evidence-Based Medicine 2017, 16: 147-157. PMID: 29135623, DOI: 10.1097/hpc.0000000000000132.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery disease risk factorsDisease risk factorsOwn cardiovascular riskCardiovascular risk factorsRisk factorsConsecutive patientsPersonal cardiovascular risk factorsHealth literacy campaignsPoor health accessCoronary risk factorsTertiary care hospitalPrimary care physiciansPersonal risk factorsIndividual risk factorsCross-sectional surveyChest painCardiovascular riskSecondary outcomesCare hospitalPrimary outcomeCare physiciansPatient misperceptionsPatient ethnicityHealth accessPatients