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:
Challenges of practicing medicine have caused me to consider career options outside of regular clinical practice
1. All physicians: 66 percent
2. Corporate: 73 percent
3. Independent: 6 percent
Heightened demand for data reporting has diminished joy in practicing medicine
4. All physicians: 86 percent
5. Corporate: 91 percent
6. Independent: 82 percent
Talk about work in a negative way increasingly often
7. All physicians: 60 percent
8. Corporate: 69 percent
9. Independent: 51 percent
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