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Percentage of Independent Physicians in the United States According to Specialty
Mar.–Apr. 2009
Source: Data are from the Center for Studying Health System Change, August 2007.
The decline in physicians in independent practice has been greater among medical specialists than among surgeons or primary care physicians.
| Physician Type |
1996-1997 |
2004-2005
percent |
Relative
Reduction |
|
Primary-care physicians |
54.3 |
51.8 |
4.6 |
|
Medical specialists |
58.1 |
47.3 |
18.6 |
|
Surgical specialists |
75.5 |
68.4 |
9.4 |
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