Evaluation of the 2020 Pediatric Emergency Physician Workforce in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Given the mortality disparities among children and adolescents in rural vs urban areas, the unique health care needs of pediatric patients, and the annual emergency department volume for this patient population, understanding the availability of pediatric emergency physicians (EPs) is important. Information regarding the available pediatric EP workforce is limited, however.

Objective

To describe the demographic characteristics, training, board certification, and geographic distribution of the 2020 clinically active pediatric EP workforce in the US.

Design, setting, and participants

This national cross-sectional study of the 2020 pediatric EP workforce used the American Medical Association Physician Masterfile database, which was linked to American Board of

SUBMITTER: Bennett CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8132138 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature