US Pediatric Primary Care Physician Workforce in Rural Areas, 2010 to 2020

Tarun Ramesh; Hao Yu

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.33467

US Pediatric Primary Care Physician Workforce in Rural Areas, 2010 to 2020

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Sep 5;6(9):e2333467. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.33467.

Authors

Tarun Ramesh¹, Hao Yu²

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study examines the growth and distribution of the general pediatrician and family medicine physician workforce from 2010 to 2020 across the US and identifies the sociodemographic characteristics of counties lacking this workforce.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Health Workforce*
Humans
Pediatrics
Physicians, Primary Care*
Rural Health Services*
United States

Plain language summary

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding