Geospatial evaluation of access to otolaryngology care in the United States
Michael Pozin,
Mark Nyaeme,
Nicholas Peterman
et al.
Abstract:ObjectivesThis county‐level epidemiological study evaluated the travel distance to the nearest otolaryngologist for continental US communities and identified socioeconomic differences between low‐ and high‐access regions.MethodsGeospatial analysis of publicly available 2015–2022 NPI records was combined with US census data to identify geospatial gaps in otolaryngologist distribution. Moran's index geospatial clustering in distance to the nearest county with an otolaryngologist was used as the core metric for d… Show more
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