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U.S. physicians per 10,000 people, 1850-2009. Physicians are an important part of health care in the United States.The vast majority of physicians in the US have a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree, though some have a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO), or Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS).
List of countries by physicians per 10,000 people [1] Country Physicians per 10,000 people Year Afghanistan: 2.535 2020 Albania: 18.826 2020 Algeria: 9.868 2019 Andorra: 36.262 2015 Angola: 2.443 2022 Anguilla: 15.132 2018 Antigua and Barbuda: 28.979 2017 Argentina: 40.818 2022 Armenia: 31.174 2019 Australia: 39.812 2021 Austria: 55.083 2022
There are approximately 230,187 physician practices in the United States. [2] Among the physician practices, 16.5% had only one office-based physician in 2016. [3] Physician group practices with 2-4 physicians make up 22.3% of physician offices in the United States, 19.8% have 5-10 physicians, 12.1% have 11-24 physicians, 6.3% have 25–49, and ...
In the decades following these restrictions on physician supply, the United States has a shortage of doctors. [11] The United States was forecasted to have a shortage of 46,900 to 121,900 physicians by 2032. [11] As a consequence of the restrictions on medical training in the United States, a quarter of physicians in the United States were ...
Here are the best and worst states in each of the four categories analyzed: primary care shortages, percentage of population without health insurance coverage, the number of pharmacies per 100,000 ...
During that same year, the states with the greatest ratio of active physicians holding an MD degree versus a DO degree were Louisiana, D.C., Massachusetts, Maryland, and Connecticut. [22] The states with the greatest per capita number of MD physicians are Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, and Connecticut. [22]
States with the highest concentration of osteopathic physicians are Oklahoma, Iowa, and Michigan, where osteopathic physicians comprised 17–20% of the physician workforce in 2011. [ needs update ] [ 26 ] The state with the greatest number of osteopathic physicians is Pennsylvania , with 8,536 DOs in active practice in 2018. [ 23 ]
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