Medical Doctors in the United States increased to 2.77 per 1000 people in 2019 from 2.74 per 1000 people in 2018. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Medical Doctors.

This statistic illustrates the impact COVID-19 has had on U.S. physicians' wellbeing by detailing the share of physicians who had experienced select effects on their practice or professional employment, by frequency, as of August 2020. The data shows that 17 percent of respondents had inappropriate feelings of anger, tearfulness, or anxiety due to the pandemic once a week.

Physicians (per 1,000 people) in United States was reported at 3.608 in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. United States - Physicians - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

As of 2023, roughly one in 15 active physicians in the United States were Hispanic (regardless of race). Asians were overrepresented, accounting for nearly one in 5 physicians in the U.S., while Asians made up just 6.3 percent of the total U.S. population.

The number of physicians across the United States reveals significant variations, with California leading the pack at nearly 123,600 active doctors as of April 2025. This concentration of medical professionals in populous states highlights the ongoing challenge of ensuring adequate healthcare access nationwide. The stark contrast between California's physician count and Wyoming's mere 1,479 doctors underscores the need for targeted efforts to address healthcare workforce shortages in less populated areas. Primary care and specialist distribution California leads also in both primary care physicians and specialists, accounting for over 11 percent of each category nationally. This concentration of medical expertise in California reflects broader trends, with New York and Texas following as the states with the highest numbers of active primary care physicians. The distribution of specialists also mirrors national patterns, with psychiatry, surgery, and anaesthesiology among the most common specialties. Physician burnout While the number of physicians continues to grow, physician burnout remains a significant issue. There are large variations in rates of burnout depending on a physician's gender and specialty. For example, burnout is disproportionally high among women, affecting 56 percent of female physicians and 44 percent of male physicians. Meanwhile, emergency medicine physicians reported the highest levels of burnout among specialists, highlighting the need for targeted interventions to support the individual needs of doctors depending on their different circumstances.

The average for 2020 based on 2 countries was 2.23 doctors per 1,000 people. The highest value was in Mexico: 2.41 doctors per 1,000 people and the lowest value was in Brazil: 2.05 doctors per 1,000 people. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Health professionals, especially primary care physicians, are in high demand in many parts of the U.S. Some areas are experiencing health professional shortages. This map shows the ratio of population to primary care physicians in the U.S. Areas in dark red show where there are less primary care physicians per person.The data comes from County Health Rankings, a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, measure the health of nearly all counties in the nation and rank them within states. The layer used in the map comes from ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, and the full documentation for the layer can be found here.County data are suppressed if, for both years of available data, the population reported by agencies is less than 50% of the population reported in Census or less than 80% of agencies measuring crimes reported data.

As of January 2025, the states with the highest number of active primary care physicians (PCPs) were California, New York, and Texas. As of that time, of the 535,012 PCPs in the United States, around 11 percent were in the state of California. Physicians by specialty In the United States, the specialties with the highest number of active physicians include emergency medicine, psychiatry, surgery, and anaesthesiology. The most popular physician specialties in the state of California mirror this national trend. In 2024, California had over 7,895 psychiatrists and 5,630 surgeons. Physician burn-out Although being a physician can be a rewarding and lucrative profession, physicians often feel stressed and burned-out. In 2024, a survey of physicians in the U.S. found that 68 percent of female and 55 percent of male physicians felt burned out. Moreover, PCPs, employed physicians, and doctors aged 45 and under were more likely to be burned out than their counterparts.

By the year 2036, a shortage of 13,500 to 86,000 physicians is expected in the United States. While still high, this is much lower than the projected shortages in a previous report. The new projections are based on an assumed increase in funding in graduate medical education (GME). If this assumption is not met, physician shortfall will match that of previous years, upwards of 124,000 by 2034. As of 2021, the country is already facing a deficiency of 37,000 doctors. By 2036, the United States will be short on 20,200 to 40,400 primary care physicians (PCP). In comparison, a shortage of 5,500 to a surplus of 3,700 medical specialists was forecasted for 2036. This is caused by an over-supply in a few selected specialties, such as emergency medicine and critical care.

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The basic purpose of the Health Interview Survey is to obtain information about the amount and distribution of illness, its effects in terms of disability and chronic impairments, and the kinds of health services people receive. There are five types of records in this core survey, each in a separate data file. The variables in the Household File (Part 1) include type of living quarters, size of family, number of families in household, and geographic region. The variables in the Person File (Part 2) include sex, age, race, marital status, veteran status, education, income, industry and occupation codes, and limits on activity. These variables are found in the Condition, Doctor Visit, and Hospital Episode Files as well. The Person File also supplies data on height, weight, bed days, doctor visits, hospital stays, years at residence, and region variables. The Condition (Part 3), Doctor Visit (Part 4), and Hospital Episode (Part 5) Files contain information on each reported condition, two-week doctor visit, or hospitalization (twelve-month recall), respectively. A sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth file have been added, along with the five core files. The Alcohol/Health Practices Supplement File (Part 6) includes information on diet, smoking and drinking habits, and health problems. The Bed Days and Dental Care Supplement File (Part 7) contains information on the number of bed days, the number of and reason for dental visits, treatment(s) received, type of dentist seen, and travel time for visit. The Doctor Services Supplement File (Part 8) supplies data on visits to doctors or other health professionals, reasons for visits, health conditions, and operations performed. The Health Insurance Supplement File (Part 9) documents basic demographic information along with medical coverage and health insurance plans, as well as differentiates between hospital, doctor visit, and surgical insurance coverage.

This statistic shows the estimated loss of revenue due to COVID-19 among independent physicians in the United States, as of July 2020, in a scenario in which patient and revenue levels return to baseline by July 2021. In this case, it is projected that independent physician practices could lose around 158 billion U.S. dollars in revenue between March 2020 to July 2021.

This dataset describes the number and density of health care services in each census tract in the United States. The data includes counts, per capita densities, and area densities per tract for many types of businesses in the health care sector, including doctors, dentists, mental health providers, nursing homes, and pharmacies.

The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers (doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, etc.), and employers across the United States. MEPS collects data on the specific health services that Americans use, how frequently they use them, the cost of these services, and how they are paid for, as well as data on the cost, scope, and breadth of health insurance held by and available to U.S. workers. Data is publicly-available for two of the four MEPS components: the Household Component and the Insurance Component. Access to Medical Provider Component and Nursing Home Component data requires an application to the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ).

The dataset contains State wise Health Infrastructure - Doctors and Specialists from Handbook of Statistics on Indian States

Manipur(2015): Data for 2013-14 repeated. If the 'In Position' value exceeds the 'Required' or 'Sanctioned' values, then 'Vacant' and 'Shortfall' will indicate a surplus Gujarath(2015): Data for 2013 repeated Mizoram(2015):Sanctioned data for 2011 used Bihar(2015): In position data for 2013-14 and Sanctioned data for 2011 used

Note: 1. Four (4) specialist per CHC. 2. Total given in the Table are not strictly comparable as figures for some of the States were not available in 2005. For calculating the overall percentages of vacancy and shortfall, the States/UTs for which manpower position is not available, may be excluded. 3. For 2013, Specialists attending CHCs on hiring basis. 4. All India figures for Vacancy and Shortfall are the totals of State-wise Vacancy and Shortfall ignoring surplus in some States / UTs. 5. Data pertain to 31st March 6. Vacant = Sanctioned - In Position, Shortfall = Required - In Position

According to a physicians' survey in 2024, as a result of the physician shortage in the United States, nearly nine in ten physicians said patients had experienced longer wait times. Most noticeably, over a third of physicians stated patients received later-stage diagnoses due to physician shortage.

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Abstract The provision of physicians has been the object of international discussions for decades, and the same is true for Brazil, where there is a situation of shortage and bad distribution of physicians. The present research had the aim of describing the profile of the physicians included in the ‘More Doctors’ Program (Programa Mais Médicos, in Portuguese). It is a quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive study, followed by a case study with information from 272 questionnaires. The data were analyzed using the SPSS statistical software, version 22.0. The average age of the interviewees was 38.2 years, and 50.7% of them were female, 11% were in their first jobs, 51.1% had graduated between 1 and 5 years prior to the study, and 85% reported having experience working in primary health care. We observed that, with the implementation of the ‘More Doctors’ Program in the state of Paraíba, Northeastern Brazil, there was a change not only in the amount of doctors, but also in the number of job posts, in the number of physicians who go work on the countryside, and in the redistribution of these professionals. However, the results indicate that there still are 22 municipalities in Paraíba without physicians, and that 85.3% of the physicians included in the Program still did not have a specialist title. The conditions of access and the quality of the services provided still constitute a great challenge yet to be overcome.

Hospitals in New Mexico The term "hospital" ... means an institution which- (1) is primarily engaged in providing, by or under the supervision of physicians, to inpatients > (A) diagnostic services and therapeutic services for medical diagnosis, treatment, and care of injured, disabled, or sick persons, or > (B) rehabilitation services for the rehabilitation of injured, disabled, or sick persons; (...) (5) provides 24-hour nursing service rendered or supervised by a registered professional nurse, and has a licensed practical nurse or registered professional nurse on duty at all times; ... (...) (7) in the case of an institution in any State in which State or applicable local law provides for the licensing of hospitals, > (A) is licensed pursuant to such law or > (B) is approved, by the agency of such State or locality responsible for licensing hospitals, as meeting the standards established for such licensing; (Excerpt from Title XVIII of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. § 1395x(e)], http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode42/usc_sec_42_00001395---x000-.html) Included in this dataset are General Medical and Surgical Hospitals, Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals, and Specialty Hospitals (e.g., Children's Hospitals, Cancer Hospitals, Maternity Hospitals, Rehabilitation Hospitals, etc.). TGS has made a concerted effort to include all general medical/surgical hospitals in New Mexico. Other types of hospitals are included if they were represented in datasets sent by the state. Therefore, not all of the specialty hospitals in New Mexico are represented in this dataset. Hospitals operated by the Veterans Administration (VA) are included, even if the state they are located in does not license VA Hospitals. Nursing homes and Urgent Care facilities are excluded because they are included in a separate dataset. Locations that are administrative offices only are excluded from the dataset. Records with "-DOD" appended to the end of the [NAME] value are located on a military base, as defined by the Defense Installation Spatial Data Infrastructure (DISDI) military installations and military range boundaries. Text fields in this dataset have been set to all upper case to facilitate consistent database engine search results. All diacritics (e.g., the German umlaut or the Spanish tilde) have been replaced with their closest equivalent English character to facilitate use with database systems that may not support diacritics. The currentness of this dataset is indicated by the [CONTDATE] field. Based upon this field, the oldest record dates from 06/16/2008 and the newest record dates from 06/27/2008

This dataset consists of 405 transcriptions of audio recorded physician-patient interactions conducted at Veterans Health Administration (VHA) medical center primary care clinics. The recordings were collected utilizing concealed (except where indicated) audio recorders by patients. The protocol was approved by VHA Institutional Review Boards, and participating physicians and patients consented to participate in the study. The interactions were analyzed using Content Coding for Contextualization of Care ("4C"). An excel spreadsheet with the coding of the original audio of each transcript is included. All data has been de-identified. "xxx" indicates PHI was removed. "@@@" indicates transcriber did not understand audio. These transcripts are a resource to medical educators and research scientists seeking transcriptions of primary care encounters, as well as those interested in 4C coding in its early stages. Their acquisition was supported with research funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Office of Research and Development, Health Services Research & Development.