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

Table 3 Fraction of female patients and vacancies for doctors of each gender

Fraction of vacancies	0%			10%			20%
Relative preference strength	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3
F-doctors: Fraction f-patients	0.557	0.684	0.794	0.557	0.679	0.782	0.556	0.675	0.772
F-doctors: Fraction vacant	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.069	0.048	0.031	0.130	0.094	0.064
M-doctors: Fraction f-patients	0.476	0.421	0.374	0.475	0.418	0.435	0.474	0.415	0.362
M-doctors: Fraction vacant	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.100	0.109	0.117	0.182	0.198	0.211
Fraction mismatched f-patients	0.422	0.325	0.245	0.417	0.312	0.223	0.412	0.301	0.207

Fraction of female patients and vacancies for doctors of each gender for 0%, 10% and 20% total vacancy for increasing nuisance of misplaced females, i.e. d(ff, M) = 1, 2, 3. The case of preference for female doctors 70% among female patients and 50% among male patients.

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