Texas Workers’ Compensation Data on Doctor-Patient Gender Match and Medical Evaluation Outcomes
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Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation
Publication Date:
2023/04/10
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Dataset Description:
This dataset contains administrative microdata from the Texas Workers’ Compensation program, including information on disability evaluations, physician and patient gender, and benefit disbursements. It was used by Marika Cabral and Marcus Dillender in their 2024 American Economic Review study to analyze the causal impact of gender matching between doctors and patients on medical evaluation outcomes and resulting disability benefits.
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