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April W. Armstrong, MD; Nayla Idriss, MD; Hagit Bergman, MD, MPH

Arch Dermatol. 2009;145(10):1195-1196.

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Acne is one of the most common reasons to seek dermatologic care in the United States.¹ Owing to the geographically maldistributed workforce and the long wait times to see a dermatologist,^2-3 patients seek acne care from nondermatologist physicians. The objectives of this study were to determine the distribution of providers treating acne and to identify patient characteristics that predict seeking care from a dermatologist vs a nondermatologist physician.

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We compiled provider data from the 2003 through 2005 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) databases.⁴ Beginning in 2002, multistage design variables were used to develop new variables, CSTRATM and CPSUM, which are used with analysis software and an ultimate cluster design for estimating variance.⁵ This study used ultimate cluster models with NAMCS and NHAMCS files for each year, which were combined to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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