The primary data sources for this report include the American Medical Association 2011 Physician Masterfile, population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau and the AAMC/AMA National Graduate Medical Education Census.
Here are the top five specialties that saw the largest percentage changes in active physicians between 2005 and 2010:
• Internal medicine/pediatrics — 43.9 percent change
• Geriatric medicine — 29.4 percent change
• Nephrology — 21.3 percent change
• Infectious disease — 20.7 percent change
• Emergency medicine — 20 percent change
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