The study found that 62.9 percent of physicians supported public and private options. Of those surveyed, 57.4 percent supported the inclusion of a public option, and only 27.3 percent of physicians supported offering private options only.
Primary care physicians were more likely to support a public option (65.2 percent) than other physicians (57.4 percent), such as specialists.
Medical practice owners were less likely to support a public option (59.7 percent) than non-owners (67.1 percent).
The study, which was authored by Salomeh Keyhani, MD, MPH, and Alex Federman, MD, MPH, surveyed over 5,000 physicians in the United States.
Read the NEJM’s report on physician support for a public option.
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