This information is based on data that was collected between 2012 and 2022 by the AMA.
Here are three more things to know:
- The share of self-employed physicians went from 53.2 to 44 percent in that time period.
- During that same period, the number of employed physicians went from 41.8 to 49.7 percent.
- The share of physicians under the age of 45 who were self-employed fell by 13 percentage points — from 44.3 to 31.7 percent