Genetics workforce: distribution of genetics services and challenges to health care in California.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Access to genetics health-care services is often complicated by the distance to hospitals, workforce shortages, and insurance coverage. Despite technological advances and decreasing costs of genetic sequencing, the benefits of personalized medicine may be inaccessible to many patients. To assess potential disparities in care, we examined the genetics workforce in California and geographical issues that people encounter in seeking care.

Methods

Data on all board-certified genetics providers were analyzed including medical geneticists (MGs) and genetic counselors (GCs) in California. To assess distance traveled for care, we computed the distance patients traveled for n = 288 visits to University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Genetics. We performed geograph

SUBMITTER: Penon-Portmann M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10218759 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature