Geneia surveyed 400 U.S. physicians in January 2015 and conducted a follow-up survey in July 2018. Fifty-one percent of respondents practiced at a physician-owned or independent practice, and 43 percent practiced in a hospital or corporate-owned setting. Six percent practice in another type of ownership model.
How physicians responded:
Experience or witness cynicism
1. All physicians: 78 percent
2. Corporate: 85 percent
3. Independent: 71 percent
Experience or witness lower empathy for patients
4. All physicians: 64 percent
5. Corporate: 72 percent
6. Independent: 57 percent
Experience or witness departure from clinical practice
7. All physicians: 45 percent
8. Corporate: 52 percent
9. Independent: 40 percent
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