Women receive less active medical treatment than men, raising concerns for healthcare AI - Digital Journal
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Women with the same medical condition as men appear less likely to be offered active medical management, including surgery, a stent or stronger pain relief, according to research from the University of St. Andrews. The findings raise a difficult question for healthcare providers. Are differences in treatment supported by relevant clinical factors, or are established patterns of medical practice resulting in women receiving less active care? They also present a technological challenge. If artificial intelligence systems are trained on medical literature and clinical records containing unexplained disparities, these systems could reproduce the same patterns across future treatment recommendations.
The St Andrews researchers reviewed 1,112 published studies before identifying those that directly compared care given to male and female patients. Among 38 studies that analysed patient records, 33 reported a significant difference in the treatment received. The pattern appeared across cardiology, surgery, transplantation and emergency medicine. In most of the studies, the treatment difference remained after statistical adjustment for other relevant variables.
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