Over 100,000 U.S. healthcare providers — including 71,309 physicians — left the workforce between 2021 and 2022, according to an Oct. 16 report from Definitive Healthcare.
The data within the report pulls from medical claims data based on the numbers of providers billing each year and reflects professionals that left the workforce from the beginning of 2021 through the end of 2022.
Here are the number of providers who left the workforce between 2021 and 2022:
|
Provider |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Physicians |
71,309 |
6% |
|
Nurse practitioners |
34,834 |
9% |
|
Physician assistants |
13,714 |
8% |
|
Physical therapists |
15,332 |
11% |
|
Licensed clinical social workers |
10,024 |
9% |
|
Total |
145,213 |
N/A |