Mengdan Li, Ping Ni, Tingting Zuo, Yunyong Liu, Bo Zhu
Cancer literacy differences of basic knowledge, prevention, early detection, treatment and recovery: a cross-sectional study of urban and rural residents in Northeast China
Frontiers in public health
characterizing changes geographic distribution neurosurgeons united states us may inform efforts provide equitable distribution neurosurgical care herein authors performed comprehensive analysis geographic movement distribution neurosurgical workforce list containing boardcertified neurosurgeons practicing us 2019 obtained american association neurological surgeons membership database chisquare analysis post hoc comparison bonferroni correction performed assess differences demographics geographic movement throughout neurosurgeon careers three multinomial logistic regression models performed evaluate relationships among training location current practice location neurosurgeon characteristics academic productivity study cohort included 4075 3830 male 245 female neurosurgeons practicing us seven hundred eightyone neurosurgeons practice northeast 810 midwest 1562 south 906 west 16 us territory states lowest density neurosurgeons included vermont rhode island northeast arkansas hawaii wyoming west north dakota midwest delaware south overall effect size measured cramrs v statistic training stage training region relatively modest 027 10 complete dependence finding reflected similarly modest pseudo r2 values multinomial logit models ranged 0197 0246 multinomial logistic regression l1 regularization revealed significant associations current practice region residency region medical school region age academic status sex race p 005 subanalysis academic neurosurgeons region residency training correlated advanced degree type overall neurosurgeon cohort neurosurgeons expected holding doctor medicine doctor philosophy degrees west p 0021 female neurosurgeons less likely practice south neurosurgeons south west reduced odds holding academic rather private positions northeast likely region contain neurosurgeons completed training locality particularly among academic neurosurgeons residency northeast