50% of orthopedists admit to having patient bias — 10 statistics on specialist bias

Around half of orthopedic surgeons admit to having biases toward specific types or groups of patients, according to the Medscape Lifestyle Report 2016: Bias and Burnout.

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Here are 10 specialties with the most physicians admitting to having patient bias:

 

•    Emergency medicine — 62 percent
•    Orthopedics — 50 percent
•    Psychiatry & mental health — 48 percent
•    Family physicians — 47 percent
•    OB-GYN — 47 percent
•    Anesthesiology — 44 percent
•    Plastic surgery — 43 percent
•    Pediatrics — 43 percent
•    Neurology — 42 percent
•    Internal medicine — 40 percent
•    Dermatology — 40 percent

 

Note: Over 15,800 physicians responded to the survey from over 25 specialties.

 

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