Fatima M. Ezzeddine1, Tabitha Moe2, Georges Ephrem3, William Aaron Kay3
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.4, pp. 511-516, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12771
Abstract Background: Delivery of care to the adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) popula‐
tion has been limited by a shortage in the ACHD physician resources. There is limited
data regarding the adequacy of the ACHD physician resources in the United States
and our population estimates are extrapolated from Canadian data. Therefore, we
proposed to evaluate the adequacy of ACHD physician: patient ratios in the United
States at both national and regional levels.
Methods: Data from the Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA) website along
with metropolitan area and statewide population data from 2016 US Census Bureau
estimates were analyzed.… More >
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