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Arizona Geriatric Health Services
Flagstaff, AZ | Chad A. Moore, P.T. LLC., Coconino County | Click to request assistance
Mesa, AZ | Allen Gregory S. MD, Maricopa County | Click to request assistance
Mesa, AZ | Allen Robert J MD, Maricopa County | Click to request assistance
Mesa, AZ | Blum Bennett MD, Maricopa County | Click to request assistance
Mesa, AZ | Endocrinology Diabetes And Longevity, Maricopa County | Click to request assistance
Mesa, AZ | Smith, Ronald M. , M.D., Maricopa County | Click to request assistance
Phoenix, AZ | Barnett Alan L DO, Maricopa County | Click to request assistance
Phoenix, AZ | Beach, James L DO, Maricopa County | Click to request assistance
Phoenix, AZ | Cleary, Kevin W DO, Maricopa County | Click to request assistance
Phoenix, AZ | FortyThird Medical Association, Maricopa County | Click to request assistance
Phoenix, AZ | Geriatric Solutions, Maricopa County | Click to request assistance
Phoenix, AZ | Geriatric Specialties of Arizona, Maricopa County | Click to request assistance
Prescott Valley, AZ | Morris, J Dan MD, Yavapai County | Click to request assistance
Scottsdale, AZ | Cwynar T Mark MD, Maricopa County | Click to request assistance
Scottsdale, AZ | Cwynar, T Mark MD, Maricopa County | Click to request assistance
Scottsdale, AZ | Opila Donald A MD, Maricopa County | Click to request assistance
Somerton , AZ | Sunset Community Health Center, Yuma County | Click to request assistance
Tucson, AZ | Northwest Center for Geriatric Medicine PC, Pima County | Click to request assistance
Arizona Geriatric Health Services
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About Geriatric Health Care
There is currently little incentive to encourage established doctors or students in Arizona medical schools to specialize in geriatric medicine. Even though it is a recognized specialty, according to the American Geriatrics Society, there are only about 10,000 M.D. Geriatricians and several hundred osteopathic physicians (DO) certified in geriatrics, as well as some 3,000 board-certified geropsychiatrists in the United States (a geropsychiatrists is a psychiatrist trained to deal with the mental health needs and specific syndromes faced by older adults).
According to the statistical abstract of the United States there are approximately 800,000 practicing doctors of medicine in the United States . This means there is roughly 1 doctor, including specialists, for every 395 persons in the United States. Based on the numbers above there is only about 1 Geriatrician for every 3,500 elderly persons in this country. Because there are so few of them, it may be impossible to find a physician specializing in geriatric care in some areas of the country.
There are probably many more family physicians or internists who specialize in treating older people and from experience they have probably learned many of the issues associated with treating the elderly, but many of these practitioners could probably benefit from more specialized geriatric training if it were available.
