Hospitals lure doctors away from private practice

Kaiser Health News writer Jenny Gold, in collaboration with NPR,  examines the growing trend of doctors opting not to open a private practice but work instead for a hospital. "Last year, half of new doctors were hired by hospitals, according to the Medical Group Management Association, a professional organization for physician practices. According to a 2009 report by the American Medical Association, one in six doctors works for a hospital, and the number is quickly growing" (Gold, 10/13). Read the entire story.

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This article was reprinted from khn.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.