Table 4.

Distance in Miles to Nearest Physician, by Specialty and Rural–Urban Continuum Code

Rural–Urban Continuum Code
Specialty	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Group 1
General and family practice	0.2	1.0	0.6	0.9	1.1	1.2	2.2	2.0	4.2	5.5
Group 2
Internal medicine	0.3	2.4	1.3	1.7	2.5	2.4	5.8	6.6	11.8	16.8
General surgery	1.2	3.8	2.9	3.3	2.9	2.9	6.7	6.8	15.5	18.1
Obstetrics–gynecology	1.1	4.2	3.0	3.6	3.5	2.7	11.4	13.0	18.7	27.2
Psychiatry	1.2	6.9	3.1	3.2	4.9	5.4	15.6	21.4	20.7	32.2
Pediatrics	0.6	3.8	2.1	2.7	3.7	3.0	10.8	12.9	18.3	25.5
Radiology	1.8	6.3	3.6	4.1	3.9	3.6	13.1	14.2	20.5	27.0
Group 3
Anesthesiology	1.2	6.6	2.9	3.4	4.7	6.0	16.5	21.0	21.3	34.3
Orthopedic surgery	2.0	6.0	4.0	4.4	4.0	3.9	15.3	15.9	22.0	30.5
Ophthalmology	2.0	8.9	4.1	4.3	5.2	4.5	17.8	20.7	23.8	34.3
Pathology	2.4	11.4	4.5	5.2	9.1	7.0	19.4	24.6	23.7	37.7
Urology	3.3	10.4	5.2	5.4	6.1	5.3	19.8	23.8	25.2	37.0
Otolaryngology	2.7	9.6	5.0	6.1	6.9	4.9	21.8	27.6	26.5	39.1
Dermatology	2.3	10.8	5.4	5.5	8.1	13.7	23.6	31.8	27.5	43.6
Group 4
Neurology	2.7	10.4	5.3	6.3	9.1	10.4	25.8	34.2	27.5	45.3
Neurosurgery	4.4	15.4	7.3	8.8	26.4	29.0	30.6	51.2	31.7	63.0
Plastic surgery	3.3	13.3	6.2	7.2	15.9	31.1	28.7	49.0	30.2	59.9
Any physician	0.1	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.8	1.7	3.3	4.7

Source: Authors' calculations using AMA Masterfile and U.S. Census data. See note to Table 2 for states included.

AMA, American Medical Association.