Physician Workforce

Here are five recent efforts by universities, states and health systems to address the physician shortage that Becker's has reported on since June 22:

There are 514,410 active primary care physicians and 562,705 active specialist physicians in the U.S., according to May data from KFF.

Here are the 50 states and the District of Columbia ranked by healthcare access and affordability, according to data from the Commonwealth Fund:

The annual physician turnover rate increased by 43 percent between 2010 and 2018, according to recent data published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Here are six areas for health systems to focus on to improve physician well-being and address burnout, according to a July 25 report from the American Medical Association:

Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kan., has formed an admissions partnership with Kansas Health Science Center-Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Wichita with the goal of addressing the physician shortage, KFDI reported July 22.

Resident physicians at Boston Medical Center held a rally July 20 to call for better compensation.

The physician workforce reached 1,044,734 in 2022, according to a census conducted by the Federation of State Medical Boards and published July 18 in the Journal of Medical Regulation.

The number of physicians working in private practice decreased by 13.4 percent from 60.1 percent in 2012 to 46.7 percent in 2022, according to a report from the American Medical Association.

Resident and fellow physicians at Stanford Health Care in Palo Alto, Calif., held a rally July 19 for better wages and support amid contract negotiations, Palo Alto Online reported July 18.