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Cejka Suggests Economic Disparities to Increase
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According to a new report by the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) and Cejka Search, the economic imbalance in supply and demand for physicians will intensify as the U.S. population continues to grow faster than the physician workforce.
Moreover, added pressure will come with the increasing number of physicians practicing medicine on a part-time basis.
Findings
In the recently released survey, responding groups reported an increase in the percentage of physicians practicing part-time from 13 percent in 2005 to 19 percent in 2007, while males increased from 5 percent to 7 percent, and females increased from 8 percent to 12 percent.
The age group with the greatest number of physicians practicing part-time is between 35 and 39; the gender split among part-time physicians in that age group is 15 percent male and 85 percent female.
Of the physicians practicing part-time, 83 percent practice more than half of a workweek and 45 percent practice at least three-quarters of a work-week.
And, eighty-six percent of respondents reported that they hired hospitalists or engaged with a hospitalist organization in the past year, while the likelihood of the group doing so increased with the size of the group and if it was owned by a hospital or an integrated delivery system.
Conclusion:
And so, is there a solution to this conundrum; please comment?
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