Annals of emergency medicine
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Patient experience metrics have become increasingly important in evaluations of health care organizations and physician performance. Although such measures have been touted as a way to make objective comparisons of performance, they are subject to many of the same biases as other survey instruments, including gender bias. ⋯ Our findings revealed a pattern of higher ratings of male vignette physicians when compared to female vignette physicians, which may translate to ratings of patients' own physicians. These findings suggest that current methods to evaluate patients' experiences with their own physicians may disadvantage female physicians.