Data from the American Medical Association’s Physician Practice Benchmark Surveys indicates for the first time ever that more physicians are employees rather than owners of medical practices. Physician employment has been an ongoing trend in recent years, but the AMA report indicates the pace of growth has slowed.
This latest report provides data and discussion of medical practices, covering their number, type, size, specialty, and ownership structure.
Source: Kane CK. Policy research perspectives. Updated data on physician practice arrangements: for the first time, fewer physicians are owners than employees. American Medical Association, 2019. https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/2019-07/prp-fewer-owners-benchmark-survey-2018.pdf
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Filed under: Future trends, Medical staff, Physicians, Posted by Diana Culbertson | Tagged: Group practice statistics, Medical practice statistics, Physician employment statistics, Physician practice statistics |
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