Keywords: access; community; food allergy care model; pediatric; pediatrician EN access community food allergy care model pediatric pediatrician 1449 1453 5 06/01/20 20200601 NES 200601 To the Editor, As rates of food allergy rise, specialist allergy services struggle to manage demand[1] and waiting times to access such services increase.[2] In many regions, allergy care is primarily delivered by allergists, due to limited allergy training opportunities for general pediatricians and primary care physicians. ‡PP excludes CC families who withdrew, were removed from the waiting list, and canceled or did not attend their appointments and IC families who chose not to see a community pediatrician or did not attend their appointment with the community pediatrician. This is the first study to evaluate a community-based model of care for simple childhood food allergy (the IC) compared with hospital-based allergy care (the CC). [Extracted from the article]