Billing Patterns and Geographic Distribution of Dermatologist-Dermatopathologists in the US From 2013 to 2017

Henry W Chen; Van Anh Vuong; Adewole S Adamson; Khang D Nguyen

doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2022.0073

Billing Patterns and Geographic Distribution of Dermatologist-Dermatopathologists in the US From 2013 to 2017

JAMA Dermatol. 2022 May 1;158(5):581-583. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2022.0073.

Authors

Henry W Chen¹, Van Anh Vuong¹, Adewole S Adamson^{2

3}, Khang D Nguyen¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin.
³ LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes, The University of Texas at Austin.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study uses Medicare data to characterize billing patterns of dermatologist-dermatopathologists and their geographic distribution in the US from 2013 to 2017.

MeSH terms

Dermatologists
Dermatology*
Humans
Skin Neoplasms*