The influence of prescriber and patient gender on the prescription of benzodiazepines: evidence for stereotypes and biases?
Roger S McIntyreVincent Chin-Hung ChenYena LeeLeanna M W LuiAmna MajeedMehala SubramaniapillaiRodrigo B MansurJoshua D RosenblatYao-Hsu YangYi-Lung ChenPublished in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2020)
Male prescribers were more likely to prescribe benzodiazepines to female patients relative to male patients. This gender bias in prescription is significant and warrants careful attention at point of care. We hypothesize that internalized societal biases and stereotypes affect benzodiazepine prescribing behaviour.