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Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2016 Oct 24;127(1):95–101. doi: 10.1002/lary.26188

Table 2.

Otolaryngology residency training and the regional otolaryngology supply

		Medicare-enrolled		AMA Masterfile
Number residency slots in the HRR	Number HRRs	Mean number¹ ENTs/100,000	(SD)	Mean number¹ ENTs/100,000	(SD)
None	228	2.81	1.3	2.62	.69
1-2	25	3.26	1.0	2.56	.44
3-4	39	3.93	1.5	2.88	.50
5 or more	14	4.19	1.5	2.81	.57
Overall	306	3.05	1.4	2.66	.65
		p=.0001		p=.088

Otolaryngology supply excludes resident physicians. Abbreviations: HRR, hospital referral region; ENT, ear nose and throat/ otolaryngologist; SD, standard deviation