The Effects of Outreach Initiatives on Equitable Access to Dermatology Services: Single-Center Retrospective Analysis.

J Mark Albrecht¹, Justin David Lyon¹, Michael Birdsall¹, Eliza Broadbent¹, Nicole Ufkes², Stephanie Zone², Anneli Bowen², Christopher Hull², Lauren Madigan², Ashley M Snyder^2,3,4, Chaorong Wu⁵, Bethany K Lewis²

¹School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.

²Department of Dermatology, University of Utah Hospital, 30 Mario Capecchi Drive, HELIX Building, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, United States, 1 801-581-6465.

³Department of Population Health, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States.

⁴Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.

⁵Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Maldistribution of providers, differences in insurance coverage and acceptance, and underrepresentation of underserved patient populations in dermatology all affect patient access to dermatology services. Few studies have evaluated institutional models to address these pervasive gaps. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate one academic institution's efforts to comprehensivel…

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