Internal medicine represents the largest primary care specialty, while geriatrics represents the smallest, new KFF data shows.
KFF examined the number of active, licensed primary care physicians in the U.S., using information from Redi-Data. Figures include both allopathic and osteopathic physicians.
As of September, there were 535,256 professionally active primary care physicians in the U.S.
Here's a breakdown by subspecialty:
|
Internal |
Family medicine/ |
Pediatrics |
Obstetrics & gynecology |
Geriatrics |
|
|
Number of professionally active physicians |
221,857 |
156,850 |
96,738 |
58,191 |
1,620 |
|
Percentage |
41.4% |
29.3% |
18.1% |
10.9% |
0.3% |