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Participant\u2019s text-based responses were reviewed for accuracy. We used chi-square tests to compare the proportion of correct diagnoses between sex concordant and discordant patient-physician pairs. We also stratified the proportion of correct diagnoses by participant\u2019s sex and the randomly assigned race-sex version of each case.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Key Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among 1027 PCPs (42.8% female, mean age 52.0\u2009\u00b1\u200912.0\u00a0years), patient-physician sex concordance did not significantly affect diagnostic accuracy for all five cases. However, female physicians tended to outperform male physicians across multiple vignettes at initial and final diagnosis. For example, female PCPs demonstrated higher diagnostic accuracy in identifying\u00a0the final diagnosis of POTS (51.8% vs. 41.7%) and syphilis (68.0% vs. 55.3%) compared to male PCPs. In all cases except RRMS, female PCPs demonstrated greater diagnostic accuracy than male PCPs when assessing Black female cases.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patient\u2013physician sex concordance did not affect diagnostic accuracy, but female physicians outperformed male physicians across several cases. Findings highlight the need to address physician-level factors to improve diagnostic equity in primary care.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s11606-026-10670-6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,20]],"date-time":"2026-08-20T16:23:48Z","timestamp":1787243028000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Assessing the Role of Patient-Physician Sex Concordance on Diagnostic Accuracy in Primary Care: A Randomized Factorial Survey Experiment"],"prefix":"10.1007","author":[{"given":"Sadaf","family":"Sediqi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Quan","family":"L. 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