Population sociodemographic and geographic factors associated with dermatologist distribution in the United States

Devin Genderson; Jeromy W Gotschall; Robert Fitzsimmons; Douglas J Wiebe; Daniel B Shin; Junko Takeshita

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2023.10.027

Population sociodemographic and geographic factors associated with dermatologist distribution in the United States

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2024 Feb;90(2):440-443. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.10.027. Epub 2023 Oct 21.

Authors

Devin Genderson¹, Jeromy W Gotschall², Robert Fitzsimmons², Douglas J Wiebe³, Daniel B Shin², Junko Takeshita⁴

Affiliations

¹ College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
² Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: junko.takeshita@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.

PMID: 37866455
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.10.027

No abstract available

Keywords: dermatologist density; dermatologist distribution; diversity; ethnic fragmentation index; ethnicity; geographic access; health care access; health care disparities; race.

MeSH terms

Dermatologists* / supply & distribution
Ethnicity*
Geography
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Socioeconomic Factors
United States / epidemiology