Physicians in the U.S. are increasingly employed by hospitals and other corporate entities. The scale of this trend, however, has been difficult to understand fully because the most widely cited estimates rely either on periodic survey responses or on a single practice-ownership attribution database, methods that produce materially different pictures of physician employment. Understanding the true scale of this shift, both nationally and locally, informs strategic and operational objectives, including provider referral patterns, market consolidation, provider burnout and commercial negotiated rates.
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Source: https://www.trillianthealth.com/market-research/studies/employed-vs-independent-physician-rates