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Table 2 Fraction of mismatched patients

From: Patient allocations in general practice in case of patients' preferences for gender of doctor and their unavailability

Fraction F-doctors

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

Mismatched Total

0.519

0.443

0.376

0.320

0.281

0.262

0.266

0.293

0.339

Mismatched f-patients

0.601

0.508

0.423

0.349

0.290

0.251

0.234

0.239

0.263

Mismatched m-patients

0.436

0.378

0.329

0.292

0.271

0.272

0.298

0.347

0.416

Mismatched at F-doctor

0.094

0.108

0.127

0.150

0.181

0.218

0.261

0.308

0.355

Mismatched at M-doctor

0.566

0.527

0.483

0.433

0.381

0.327

0.277

0.233

0.197

  1. Fraction of mismatched patients among each gender of patients and the fraction of mismatched patients at each gender of doctors for different fractions of available female doctors. The case of preference for female doctors 70% among female patients and 50% among male patients and preference strength c = 1.