City has fewer doctors but many specialties, study shows
New research by Institute Professor Maurizio Porfiri and his students Tian Gan and Tanisha Dighe reveals New York City faces a medical specialist paradox: while offering 74 different medical specialties, the city has fewer specialists per capita than smaller cities. NYC has fewer than five specialists per 1,000 residents, less than a third compared to cities like Marshfield, Wisconsin. Despite the shortage, patients access diverse specialty care, though this comes with longer wait times and the highest healthcare spending nationally at over $7,000 annually.
