The distribution of child physicians and early academic achievement.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the distribution of pediatricians and family physicians (child physicians) across school districts and examine the association between physician supply and third-grade test scores.

Data sources and study setting

Data come from the January 2020 American Medical Association Physician Masterfile, the 2009-2013 and 2014-2018 waves of American Community Survey 5-Year Data, and the Stanford Education Data Archive (SEDA), which uses test scores from all U.S. public schools. We use covariate data provided by SEDA to describe student populations.

Study design

This descriptive analysis constructs a physician-to-child-population ratio for every school district in the country and describes the child population served by the current distribution of physicians

SUBMITTER: Drescher J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10339172 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature