Physician Workforce

The average physician worked 43 hours a week in 2022 — and for 17 percent of physicians, more than 20 of those were spent on prior authorizations, according to a report by Medical Economics.

Below are the percentages of physicians who would either change their specialty or profession if they had the opportunity, according to the Medical Economics' 2023 "Physician Report." .

AMN Healthcare, a healthcare staffing firm, analyzed a sample of the 2,676 permanent physician and advanced practitioner search engagements the firm conducted from April 1, 2022, to March 31.

AMN Healthcare, a healthcare staffing firm, analyzed a sample of the 2,676 permanent physician and advanced practitioner search engagements the firm conducted from April 1, 2022, to March 31. Here are the lowest, average and highest salaries for the most-recruited…

Here are the 50 states and District of Columbia ranked by "healthy lives," according to data from the Commonwealth Fund. The metric includes measures of premature death, health status, health risk behaviors and factors, and tooth loss.

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: