Patient interest in the development of a center for Ehlers-Danlos syndrome/hypermobility spectrum disorder in the ﻿Chicagoland region

Table 4 Utilization of medical disciplines

	Past use	Anticipated future use
	Utilized within the last five years (N*, %)	Somewhat or very likely to utilize a center (N*, %)
Allergy/immunology	148, 48	218, 82
Cardiology	200, 65	230, 88
Complementary and alternative medicine	157, 51	210, 84
Dermatology	95, 31	175, 70
Dietician	70, 23	191, 76
Ear, nose, and throat	101, 33	178, 71
Gastroenterology	165, 53	234, 90
Genetics	136, 44	210, 83
Integrative/functional medicine	80, 26	203, 79
Neurology	210, 68	246, 92
Neurosurgery	56, 18	124, 51
Obstetrics/gynecology	126, 41	184, 72
Occupational therapy	82, 27	177, 70
Ophthalmology	85, 28	164, 67
Orthopedics	164, 53	233, 91
Pain management	138, 45	236, 90
Pelvic floor physical therapy	92, 30	167, 66
Physical therapy	240, 78	244, 92
Primary care	265, 86	254, 95
Psychiatry	119, 39	171, 68
Psychology	179, 58	192, 75
Radiology/imaging facility	181, 59	215, 83
Rheumatology	197, 64	209, 82
Social work	34, 11	175, 70
Sleep medicine	97, 31	184, 73
Surgery (general)	56, 18	141, 58
Urology	63, 20	133, 55
other	32, 10	N/A

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