Association of Increased Dermatologist Density With Lower Melanoma Mortality
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether there is an association between dermatologist density and melanoma mortality. DESIGN: A regression model was developed to test the association between melanoma mortality and dermatologist density, controlling for county demographics, health care infrastructure, and socioeconomic factors. Data were collected from the Area Resource File, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program and National Program for Cancer Registries. SETTING: US counties. PATIENTS: Melanoma mortality and incidence data were reported as age-adjusted mean rates per 100 000 people from January 2002, through December 2006. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: The primary outcome measure was melanoma mortality rate per 100 000 people at the county level. RESULTS: Geographic variation exists in the distribution of dermatologists across the United States. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that the presence of 0.001 to 1 dermatologist per 100 000 people was associated with a 35.0% reduction in the melanoma mortality rate (95% CI, 13.4%-56.6%) when compared with counties with no dermatologist. The presence of 1.001 to 2 dermatologists per 100 000 people was associated with a 53.0% reduction in the melanoma mortality rate (95% CI, 30.6%-75.4%). Having more than 2 dermatologists per 100 000 people did not further lower melanoma mortality rates. CONCLUSION: Within a given county, a greater dermatologist density is associated with lower melanoma mortality rates compared with counties that lacked a dermatologist.
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Regions in the United States with no practicing dermatologists are associated with greater melanoma mortality.
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- Authors
- Aneja, S.
- Affiliations
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Aneja, Savina
- Venue
- Archives of Dermatology
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2012-02-01
- Volume
- 148
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 174
- ISSN
- 0003-987X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2009725178
- Cited by
- 114
- References
- 28
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- FWCI
- 3.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Archives of Dermatology (publishedVersion)
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- Funders
- Case Western Reserve University
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Healthcare Policy and Management
- Keywords
- melanoma mortality, health workforce distribution, melanoma incidence, socioeconomic factors, health care access disparities
- MeSH terms
- Workforce, Adult, Aged, Dermatology, Female, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Male, Melanoma, Skin Neoplasms, United States, Incidence, Multivariate Analysis
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