Physician Workforce

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has partnered with Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles to address the physician shortage across California.

Physician burnout saw a slight decline in 2023, according to an annual report from healthcare and life sciences market research firm InCrowd.

Here are three major companies dominating physician employment:

Here are six workforce updates that Becker's reported on in February:

Hill Physicians Medical Group is the largest active physician group in the country, with 2,258 locations, according to a Jan. 5 report from healthcare analytics company Definitive Healthcare.

Southern California Permanente Medical Group is one of the largest physician groups based on the number of physicians, with 13,547 physicians under its belt as of February 2023.

An aging patient population — and an aging physician workforce — are making the projected shortage of 124,000 providers by 2034 seem more likely. 

Urology is the most depressed physician specialty, according to a study from the American Medical Association.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is the largest health system by number of physicians, which is 25,352.

Fifty-four percent of physicians would take a pay cut for better work-life balance, according to Medscape's "Physician Lifestyle & Happiness Report 2024."