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ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2024

Mapping Proximity to Infectious Disease Physicians Across the United States.

Julian Maamari, Zhuo Chen, Issam Motairek, Sadeer Al-Kindi, Jorge Fleisher

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Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Julian MaamariDepartment of Internal Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center-A Boston University Teaching Hospital, Brighton, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6813-2179
Zhuo ChenHarrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals, and School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7781-2080
Issam MotairekDepartment of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3294-8659
Sadeer Al-KindiDepartment of Cardiology, DeBakey Heart & Vascular Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-7695
Jorge FleisherDepartment of Internal Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center-A Boston University Teaching Hospital, Brighton, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0443-5947

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enduring shortages of infectious disease physicians across the United States continue despite efforts to mitigate the problem. The recent fellowship match results underscore the difficulty in rectifying that shortage. Our report sheds light on the current geographic distribution of US infectious disease physicians and highlights the challenges faced by rural communities.

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geographic accesshealth equityNRMP matchphysician shortagerural infectious disease

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PMID38737425
PMCPMC11088353

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