Pediatric subspecialty outreach clinics: reach and impact on access to care

Abstract Background Recent research highlighting a shortage of pediatric subspecialists in the United States has shown wide variations in the distance from children to the nearest subspecialists but has not accounted for subspecialty outreach clinics, in which specialists may improve access in rural...

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Published in:	BMC Pediatrics
Main Authors:	James C. Bohnhoff, Anya Cutler, Sean Hagenbuch, Kristen Kurland
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-08-01
Subjects:	Access Pediatrics Rural Health Health Care Disparities Health Workforce
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-024-04995-6

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