Sex, Age, and Patient Experience in Cardiologist Reviews: A Large-Scale Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Analysis
Main finding · Positive review / rating, by cardiologist sex and ageResult — go to the resultOdds ratio 0.655 95% CI 0.481–0.893Authors' conclusion
Positive reviews were associated with cardiologists being comprehensive and patients feeling a sense of trust in the relationship. There was a difference in ratings based on age and sex with female and older cardiologists receiving lower ratings.
Study context
- Population
- Online reviews of cardiologists on Healthgrades, 1998–2023reviews of 9,461 cardiologists
- Participants
- 100,334 participants
- Exposure
- Female vs male cardiologists; older vs younger cardiologists
- Outcome
- Factors underlying positive and negative patient experiences, and effects of cardiologist age and sex on ratings
Methodological detailsnatural language processing, mixed effects logistic regression, sentiment analysis
- Natural language processing
- Mixed effects logistic regression
- Sentiment analysis
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Positive review / rating, by cardiologist sex and age
Odds ratio
0.655
95% CI 0.481–0.893
P = 0.015
By group
Older
4.145
average rating · ± 0.908
Younger
4.348
average rating · ± 0.795
Femalevs Male
OR 0.655 (95% CI 0.481–0.893); P = 0.015
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Factors associated with positive reviews
| OR (95% CI) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time spent with patients | 1.383 (1.251–1.528) | P < 0.01 | |
| Answering questions | 2.622 (2.324–2.959) | P < 0.01 | |
| Trust in providers' decisions | 2.285 (2.053–2.543) | P < 0.01 | |
| 0.20.5125Odds ratio (log scale) |
Original publication
Sex, Age, and Patient Experience in Cardiologist Reviews: A Large-Scale Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Analysis. JACC Adv. Published 3 July 2024. doi:10.
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