Women's participation in health-care delivery: recent changes and prospects.
This article examines women's participation in health-care delivery by reviewing dissimilarities in employment patterns of male and female health workers with primary emphasis on roles, status, and earnings. Selective data pertinent to gender-typing of jobs and the hierarchical structure of the health workforce are presented. Recent shifts in women's entry into health occupations are reviewed and questions are posed about prospects for change.
D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006281:Health Occupations; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D014930:Women / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014931:Women, Working / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000078329:Workforce