As of January 2024, California was the U.S. state with the highest number of active specialist physicians, reporting just under 62.3 thousand specialist doctors. Of the total 577 thousand specialist physicians in the U.S. in total, California accounted for nearly 11 percent. This statistic depicts the leading 10 U.S. states based on number of active specialist physicians, as of January 2024.
Leading 10 U.S. states based on the number of active specialist physicians as of 2024
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- Basic Statistic Number of active physicians in the U.S. 2024, by specialty area
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U.S. states
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- Premium Statistic Total active physicians in the U.S. 2024, by state
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Expenditure
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Compensation
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Burn-out
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COVID-19
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- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. physicians who experienced select changes due to COVID-19, 2020-2021
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (February 19, 2024). Leading 10 U.S. states based on the number of active specialist physicians as of 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/250125/us-states-with-highest-number-of-active-specialist-physicians/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Leading 10 U.S. states based on the number of active specialist physicians as of 2024." Chart. February 19, 2024. Statista. Accessed May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/250125/us-states-with-highest-number-of-active-specialist-physicians/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2024). Leading 10 U.S. states based on the number of active specialist physicians as of 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/250125/us-states-with-highest-number-of-active-specialist-physicians/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Leading 10 U.S. States Based on The Number of Active Specialist Physicians as of 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/250125/us-states-with-highest-number-of-active-specialist-physicians/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Leading 10 U.S. states based on the number of active specialist physicians as of 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/250125/us-states-with-highest-number-of-active-specialist-physicians/ (last visited May 21, 2024)
Leading 10 U.S. states based on the number of active specialist physicians as of 2024 [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, February 19, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/250125/us-states-with-highest-number-of-active-specialist-physicians/