TY - JOUR
T1 - Skewed Distribution of Medical Spas and Aesthetic Physician Practices
T2 - A Cross-Sectional Market Analysis
AU - Wang, Jordan V.
AU - Albornoz, Christian A.
AU - Noell, Claire
AU - Friedman, Paul M.
AU - Zachary, Christopher B.
AU - Saedi, Nazanin
N1 - Copyright © 2020 by the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, Inc. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/3/1
Y1 - 2021/3/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: Medical spas have experienced a recent rise in popularity by consumers. Their regulations vary from state to state, especially concerning oversight and credentialing. A majority of aesthetic physicians were shown to have a medical spa within 5 minutes of their workplace.OBJECTIVE: Our study investigated the current market distribution of medical spas and physician practices in the aesthetic field.MATERIALS AND METHODS: For the 30 most populous cities, data were collected for medical spas and aesthetic physicians. Descriptive ratios were calculated, and various local factors were examined.RESULTS: The cities with the greatest number of medical spas were New York (374), Houston (297), and Los Angeles (227). The cities with the greatest number of aesthetic physicians were New York (365), Houston (135), and Chicago (122). Population size had significant relationships with number of medical spas (p < .000001) and aesthetic physicians (p < .000001). For ratio of medical spas to aesthetic physicians, the top cities were Las Vegas (9.17), Denver (3.86), and San Jose (3.65). In total, 73.3% of cities had more medical spas than aesthetic physicians.CONCLUSION: Certain cities have experienced an unequal distribution of medical spas. Further research should examine how this affects consumer decision-making for the selection of practice settings.
AB - BACKGROUND: Medical spas have experienced a recent rise in popularity by consumers. Their regulations vary from state to state, especially concerning oversight and credentialing. A majority of aesthetic physicians were shown to have a medical spa within 5 minutes of their workplace.OBJECTIVE: Our study investigated the current market distribution of medical spas and physician practices in the aesthetic field.MATERIALS AND METHODS: For the 30 most populous cities, data were collected for medical spas and aesthetic physicians. Descriptive ratios were calculated, and various local factors were examined.RESULTS: The cities with the greatest number of medical spas were New York (374), Houston (297), and Los Angeles (227). The cities with the greatest number of aesthetic physicians were New York (365), Houston (135), and Chicago (122). Population size had significant relationships with number of medical spas (p < .000001) and aesthetic physicians (p < .000001). For ratio of medical spas to aesthetic physicians, the top cities were Las Vegas (9.17), Denver (3.86), and San Jose (3.65). In total, 73.3% of cities had more medical spas than aesthetic physicians.CONCLUSION: Certain cities have experienced an unequal distribution of medical spas. Further research should examine how this affects consumer decision-making for the selection of practice settings.
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Esthetics
KW - Follow-Up Studies
KW - Humans
KW - Physicians/ethics
KW - Retrospective Studies
KW - Surgery, Plastic/ethics
KW - United States
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U2 - 10.1097/DSS.0000000000002687
DO - 10.1097/DSS.0000000000002687
M3 - Article
C2 - 32804898
AN - SCOPUS:85113280063
SN - 1076-0512
VL - 47
SP - 397
EP - 399
JO - Dermatologic Surgery
JF - Dermatologic Surgery
IS - 3
ER -