Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 54-58 , July 2006

Even patients with changing moles face long dermatology appointment wait-times: A study of simulated patient calls to dermatologists

  • Matthew W. Tsang, MSt

      Affiliations

    • From the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
    • ,
  • Jack S. Resneck Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, and Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Jack S. Resneck, Jr, MD, UCSF Dermatology, Box 0316, San Francisco, CA 94143-0316.

,Accepted 4 April 2006.

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 Funding sources: The survey work was funded by a grant from the Area of Concentrations program, Office of the Dean, University of California, San Francisco. Dr Resneck is supported by a career development award from The Dermatology Foundation.Disclosure: Dr Resneck chairs the Workforce Task Force of the American Academy of Dermatology.Reprint requests should be submitted by e-mail to Dr Resneck at resneckj@derm.ucsf.edu.

PII: S0190-9622(06)00949-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.04.001

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 54-58 , July 2006

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