Recent research highlighting a shortage of pediatric subspecialists in the United States has shown wide variations in the distance from children to the nearest subspecialists but has not accounted for subspecialty outreach clinics, in which specialists may improve access in rural areas by periodically staffing clinics there. This study aimed to determine the impact of pediatric subspecialty outreach clinics on the driving times to the nearest pediatric subspecialists for children in Maine.
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