Most health care workers, particularly physicians, had a lower mortality rate compared with the general population, an analysis published in JAMA Internal Medicine revealed.
This benefit was not present among women and diverse groups, however, with the results showing “the broader effect of structural racism and sexism in society at large,” the researchers wrote.
Past research has suggested that physicians possess longer life spans, but such analyses “largely predated the 21st century and had several limitations,” according to Vishal R. Patel, MD, MPH, from Harvard