As of January 2024, the proportion of physicians employed by hospitals or health systems* in the United States stood at 55 percent. That is over half of all physicians in the U.S. The share of hospital-employed physicians has more than doubled since 2012. Taken together with corporate-employed physicians, physicians employed by hospitals or corporate entities accounted for 78 percent of all U.S. physicians as of 2024.
Percentage of physicians employed by hospitals or health systems in the U.S. from 2012 to 2024
*Employed/Owned by integrated delivery network (IDN)
In this study, “hospital-owned” practices are those classified as IDN-owned
To be classified as an IDN, a parent organization must include at least one acute care hospital and at least one non-acute entity (e.g., clinic, rehabilitation facility)
Likewise, “hospital-employed” physicians are physicians in the OneKey database indicated as employed by an IDN-owned practice
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Physicians Advocacy Institute. (April 20, 2024). Percentage of physicians employed by hospitals or health systems in the U.S. from 2012 to 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1479176/share-of-physicians-in-health-systems-us/
Physicians Advocacy Institute. "Percentage of physicians employed by hospitals or health systems in the U.S. from 2012 to 2024." Chart. April 20, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1479176/share-of-physicians-in-health-systems-us/
Physicians Advocacy Institute. (2024). Percentage of physicians employed by hospitals or health systems in the U.S. from 2012 to 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1479176/share-of-physicians-in-health-systems-us/
Physicians Advocacy Institute. "Percentage of Physicians Employed by Hospitals or Health Systems in The U.S. from 2012 to 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1479176/share-of-physicians-in-health-systems-us/
Physicians Advocacy Institute, Percentage of physicians employed by hospitals or health systems in the U.S. from 2012 to 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1479176/share-of-physicians-in-health-systems-us/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Percentage of physicians employed by hospitals or health systems in the U.S. from 2012 to 2024 [Graph], Physicians Advocacy Institute, April 20, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1479176/share-of-physicians-in-health-systems-us/
