70,000+ physicians left the workforce between 2021 and 2022

Over 100,000 U.S. healthcare providers — including 71,309 physicians — left the workforce between 2021 and 2022, according to an Oct. 16 report from Definitive Healthcare. 

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The data within the report pulls from medical claims data based on the numbers of providers billing each year and reflects professionals that left the workforce from the beginning of 2021 through the end of 2022.

Here are the number of providers who left the workforce between 2021 and 2022:

Provider

Number

Percentage

Physicians

71,309

6%

Nurse practitioners

34,834

9%

Physician assistants

13,714

8%

Physical therapists

15,332

11%

Licensed clinical social workers

10,024

9%

Total

145,213

N/A

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