According to surveyed physicians in 2024, the top factor contributing to the physician shortage in the U.S. was administrative tasks. Over half also stated greater patient needs (due to a growing and aging U.S. population) as a main cause of the physician shortage.
Percentage of U.S. physicians who stated select factors were directly contributing to the physician shortage in 2024
U.S. physicians, actively serving in clinical practice, across a broad range of medical specialties, including primary care, emergency medicine and critical care, and both surgical and non-surgical specialties
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Source adds the following information:
Original question: "In your experience, which factors are directly contributing to the physician shortage? "
Respondents were "U.S. physicians, actively serving in clinical practice, across a broad range of medical specialties, including primary care, emergency medicine and critical care, and both surgical and non-surgical specialties. Survey participant demographics are not population-based. Therefore, findings may not be able to be extrapolated to the broader physician population."
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Doximity. (May 23, 2024). Percentage of U.S. physicians who stated select factors were directly contributing to the physician shortage in 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1488937/factors-contributing-to-the-physician-shortage-in-us/
Doximity. "Percentage of U.S. physicians who stated select factors were directly contributing to the physician shortage in 2024." Chart. May 23, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1488937/factors-contributing-to-the-physician-shortage-in-us/
Doximity. (2024). Percentage of U.S. physicians who stated select factors were directly contributing to the physician shortage in 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1488937/factors-contributing-to-the-physician-shortage-in-us/
Doximity. "Percentage of U.S. Physicians Who Stated Select Factors Were Directly Contributing to The Physician Shortage in 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1488937/factors-contributing-to-the-physician-shortage-in-us/
Doximity, Percentage of U.S. physicians who stated select factors were directly contributing to the physician shortage in 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1488937/factors-contributing-to-the-physician-shortage-in-us/ (last visited December 18, 2024)
Percentage of U.S. physicians who stated select factors were directly contributing to the physician shortage in 2024 [Graph], Doximity, May 23, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1488937/factors-contributing-to-the-physician-shortage-in-us/
