From far and wide: Geographic distance to pediatric surgical care across Canada.
Journal of pediatric surgery(2020)
摘要
PURPOSE:Canada is the second largest country in the world, with most of the population located in the southern-most portion of its geography. We sought to define the relative distribution of pediatric surgeons to potential pediatric patients using data from the Canadian census.
METHODS:The 2011 Canadian Census and a convenience sample of current Canadian pediatric surgeons were used to calculate straight-line distances between pediatric surgeon postal code centroids and census dissemination block centroids.
RESULTS:Currently, there are 74 practicing pediatric surgeons in Canada; 493,345 populated census blocks were identified, and 7,752,075 children were enumerated. The median (IQR) kilometers to the closest pediatric surgeon was 27.99 (11.35, 85.47) kilometers, and 22.7% of Canadian children lived more than 100 km from care. Nearly 13% of children lived greater than 200 km from the nearest pediatric surgeon.
CONCLUSION:More than 1.7 million Canadian children, nearly one quarter of all Canadian children, live greater than 100 km from the closest pediatric surgeon. This identifies a disparate group of patients who do not have an equal access-to-care as compared to others in the country.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE:Level IV.
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