U.S. Physicians - Statistics & Facts
Interesting statistics
In the following 7 chapters, you will quickly find the 42 most important statistics relating to "Physicians".
Statistics on the topic
Expenditure for physician and clinical services stood at some 700 billion U.S. dollars in 2017. Thus, such services accounted for a significant share of total U.S. healthcare spending. The largest proportion of costs for these services was paid via private health insurances, followed by Medicare payments.
Compensation for physicians is always a controversial issue, especially in times of economic crisis and growing health costs. Orthopedics and plastic surgeons include the highest-earning physicians. With some 497,000 and 501,000 U.S. dollars respectively, these specialists have the highest average annual compensation for patient care. The highest-paid physicians live in the north central part of the U.S., where the mean compensation stood at some 319,000 U.S. dollars as of early 2018.
In the U.S., a generalist physician receives more than 3,500 annual visits, while a specialist receives around 2,700 visits. According to a survey, the most frequently mentioned amount of time spent with each patient is within the range of 13 to 16 minutes. 70 percent of all general physicians provide more than 31 hours of direct patient care per week, and 40 percent have evening and weekend working hours. For specialists, these figures stand at 61 and 19 percent respectively. In general, the level of satisfaction of U.S. Americans with their physicians is very high.
Overview
U.S. states
Expenditure
Compensation
Patients
Burn-out
Other facts
Important key figures
The most important key figures provide you with a compact summary of the topic of "Physicians" and take you straight to the corresponding statistics.
U.S. States
Financial
- Physician and clinical expenditures in 2018728bn USD
- Annual compensation earned by orthopedic physicians as of 2019482,000 USD
- Top state for annual compensation of physicians as of 2019Oklahoma
- Annual compensation for female specialist physicians as of 2019280,000 USD
- Work relative value units per urologist in the U.S.7,649
Patients
Medical Malpractice
Miscellaneous
- Percentage of U.S. adults who have a family physician or primary care doctor as of 201278%
- Percentage of total medical practices with 101 or more physicians in 201816.4%
- Percentage of U.S. physicians that say their workload is at capacity or overextended in 201880%
- Percentage of private physicians that believe they are not being properly compensated for their time because of health care reform as of 201586%
