The survey includes responses from 927 physicians.
In the next five years, respondents plan to do the following:
• Continue practicing as I do now — 57.4 percent
• Retire — 13 percent
• Merge with other private practices — 3.7 percent
• Go into solo practice — 3.7 percent
• Close my practice — 3.5 percent
• Leave my practice to become hospital-employed — 3.2 percent
• Join an accountable care organization — 2 percent
• Other — 13.5 percent
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