%0 Journal Article
%T Demographics and spatial distribution of the Brazilian
dermatologists
%A Brazilian Society of Dermatology
%A Fl¨¢vio Barbosa Luz
%A H¨¦lio Amante Miot
%A Jos¨¦ Antonio Sanches Junior
%A Maria Auxiliadora Jeunon Sousa
%A S¨¦rgio Luiz Lira Palma
%A S¨ªlvia Maria Schmidt
%J Archive of "Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia".
%D 2018
%R 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20187395
%X The medical-dermatological demographics favors health planning and guides expansion of the specialty. We conducted an ecological study of dermatologists members of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology (SBD). We evaluated: gender, age, address; which were compared with population and human development index indicators of municipalities. We evaluated 8384 members, distributed in 527 (9.5%) municipalities throughout Brazil. The female sex represented 78.4% of the members and the median age was 43 (36-54) years. The median density of dermatologists was 0.35 (0.21-0.37) per 10,000 inhabitants. The correlation (Spearman's rho) between density of dermatologists and human development index was 0.39 (p <0.01). The Brazilian dermatologist is characterized as: female, age <50 years and presenting an heterogeneous distribution throught the country
%K Dermatology
%K Geography
%K medical
%K Human development
%K Social indicators
%K Spatial analysis
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5871371/