Healthcare facilities recruiting U.S. physicians

According to a 2023/24 survey, of the 2,138 physician and advanced practice professional (APP) recruitment assignments conducted that year, 28 percent were for hospital settings. The share of hospital recruitments has been decreasing slowly in the past years. Instead, physicians and nurse practitioners (NPs) are being attracted to other outpatient facilities such as urgent care centers, retail clinics, and telemedicine platforms.

Medical settings of physician and advanced practitioner search assignments 2014/15 to 2023/24

Characteristic	Hospital	Group	Solo/Partnership/Concierge	CHC/FQHC?IHS*	Academic Medical Centers**	Other (Urgent Care, HMO, Association, Home Health, etc.)
2014/15	51%	20%	4%	13%	8%	3%
2015/16	49%	19%	5%	13%	11%	3%
2016/17	43%	27%	1%	15%	11%	3%
2017/18	40%	26%	2%	12%	15%	5%
2018/19	34%	28%	1%	9%	20%	8%
2019/20	36%	32%	3%	6%	18%	5%
2020/21	33%	29%	3%	8%	20%	7%
2021/22	34%	18%	1%	8%	34%	5%
2022/23	35%	23%	2%	5%	31%	4%
2023/24	28%	26%	6%	5%	22%	13%

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Release date

July 2024

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2014 to 2024

Number of respondents

2,458 respondents

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Based on a representative sample of 2,138 permanent physicians and advanced practitioner search assignments

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*"Federally qualified health centers (FQHC)/ community health centers (CHC) or Indian health facilities (IHF)"

**"AMCs are hospitals that provide patient care and also educate healthcare providers in partnership with at least one of the 145 U.S. medical schools accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). At AMCs, education, research, and clinical care are combined to provide the best care possible, using cutting-edge technologies, resources and therapies other hospitals may not have available."

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