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. 2022 Aug 30;37(Suppl 3):690–697. doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07591-5

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US counties characterized as gynecologist supply deserts (n = 1130 counties, 37% of counties). Notes: (1) For this figure, counties are the unit of analysis. (2) Map indicates counties characterized as gynecologist supply deserts. These counties have 2 or fewer gynecologists per 10,000 women and at least half of women veteran VA primary care patients had a VA homesite without a local VA gynecologist. Having a local VA gynecologist means that there were gynecology services at the woman’s VA homesite or at a VA within 50 miles of the homesite.