TBI by distance to neurosurgeon
Use the link above to view the poster and accepted manuscript
The published article is available at 10.1016/j.jss.2020.09.004
This project used Medicare data to identify practicing neurosurgeons by their National Provider Identifier (NPI) number, and used the Google Maps API to geocode each provider’s location (because the practice location info in the NPI files had been unreliable in my experience).
With this snapshot of provider’s location, I examined the association between county level TBI mortality and each counties distance to their nearest neurosurgeon. Posts detailing my methodology can be found below, as can their related publications / presentations.
Hunter Ratliff, MD, MPH
Internal medicine resident
My research interests include epidemiology, social determinants of health, and reproducible research.
Posts
Geographical distribution of neurosurgeons
Publications
Geographical Variation in TBI Mortality by Proximity to the Nearest Neurosurgeon
Poster: TBI Mortality & Neurosurgeon Proximity
