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Gender Gap in the Leadership of Health Institutions: The Influence of Hospital-Level Factors
Objective: To analyze whether the increased representation of women in the health field is accompanied by a greater presence in leadership positions in the public health system and whether there are differences according to the hospital level. Methods: A descriptive study of the distribution of lead...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8409238/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34476325 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/heq.2021.0013 |
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author | Pérez-Sánchez, Soledad Madueño, Sara Eichau Montaner, Joan |
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description | Objective: To analyze whether the increased representation of women in the health field is accompanied by a greater presence in leadership positions in the public health system and whether there are differences according to the hospital level. Methods: A descriptive study of the distribution of leadership positions by sex and type of hospital within the health centers of a regional public health system. Results: In total, 74.01% of the professionals were women. The representation of women in management positions was 33.1%, and among service chiefs, it was 24.01%. In the service headings, we observed that surgical specialties had a lower representation of women (30.9% in medical specialties vs. 18.1% in surgical specialties, p<0.0001). By type of hospital, no differences were found in the management positions, but there were differences in the medical chiefs, with less female representation in the regional hospitals (28.6% vs. 39.7%, p=0.003). Conclusion: Women represent the majority in the public health system. Nonetheless, their representation in positions of greater responsibility and decision-making is very limited, being particularly low in county hospitals. Increasing female representation in these positions is a current challenge for society, and equality policies need to be developed and applied to minimize this gender gap. |
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spelling | pubmed-84092382021-09-01 Gender Gap in the Leadership of Health Institutions: The Influence of Hospital-Level Factors Pérez-Sánchez, Soledad Madueño, Sara Eichau Montaner, Joan Health Equity Short Report Objective: To analyze whether the increased representation of women in the health field is accompanied by a greater presence in leadership positions in the public health system and whether there are differences according to the hospital level. Methods: A descriptive study of the distribution of leadership positions by sex and type of hospital within the health centers of a regional public health system. Results: In total, 74.01% of the professionals were women. The representation of women in management positions was 33.1%, and among service chiefs, it was 24.01%. In the service headings, we observed that surgical specialties had a lower representation of women (30.9% in medical specialties vs. 18.1% in surgical specialties, p<0.0001). By type of hospital, no differences were found in the management positions, but there were differences in the medical chiefs, with less female representation in the regional hospitals (28.6% vs. 39.7%, p=0.003). Conclusion: Women represent the majority in the public health system. Nonetheless, their representation in positions of greater responsibility and decision-making is very limited, being particularly low in county hospitals. Increasing female representation in these positions is a current challenge for society, and equality policies need to be developed and applied to minimize this gender gap. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2021-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8409238/ /pubmed/34476325 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/heq.2021.0013 Text en © Soledad Pérez-Sánchez et al., 2021; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License [CC-BY] (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Short Report Pérez-Sánchez, Soledad Madueño, Sara Eichau Montaner, Joan Gender Gap in the Leadership of Health Institutions: The Influence of Hospital-Level Factors |
title | Gender Gap in the Leadership of Health Institutions: The Influence of Hospital-Level Factors |
title_full | Gender Gap in the Leadership of Health Institutions: The Influence of Hospital-Level Factors |
title_fullStr | Gender Gap in the Leadership of Health Institutions: The Influence of Hospital-Level Factors |
title_full_unstemmed | Gender Gap in the Leadership of Health Institutions: The Influence of Hospital-Level Factors |
title_short | Gender Gap in the Leadership of Health Institutions: The Influence of Hospital-Level Factors |
title_sort | gender gap in the leadership of health institutions: the influence of hospital-level factors |
topic | Short Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8409238/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34476325 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/heq.2021.0013 |
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