Implications of specialist density for diabetes care in the United States.
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This Research Letter examines the distribution of US internal medicine specialists who are able to provide diabetes care.
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- Authors
- Patel, R. B., Al Rifai, M., McEvoy, J. W., & Vaduganathan, M.
- Affiliations
- Northwestern University (US)
- Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Corresponding author
- Vaduganathan, Muthiah
- Venue
- JAMA Cardiology
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2019-11-01
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1174
- ISSN
- 2380-6583 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6813576
- OpenAlex
- W2982148662
- Cited by
- 28
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 8 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 5.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- JAMA Cardiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Amgen
- AstraZeneca
- Bayer
- Harvard Catalyst (UL1TR002541, 1TR002541)
- National Institutes of Health (UL1TR002541)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32HL069771)
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (1TR002541)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Emergency Medical Services › Global Health Workforce Issues
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Healthcare Policy and Management
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Keywords
- diabetes management, internists, geographic distribution of care, health care access, physician workforce
- MeSH terms
- Cardiologists, Endocrinologists, Nephrologists, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Female, Humans, Male, Specialization, United States, Interdisciplinary Communication
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