Jackson Healthcare conducted a national survey of satisfied and dissatisfied physicians and published 51 statistics on the differences in the attitudes and outlooks of the two.
Here are 20 statistics on the satisfied and dissatisfied physicians:
Satisfied physicians are more likely to
• Say there has been no change in the amount of time they spend with each patient since last year — 76 percent
• Encourage a young person to enter the field of medicine as a physician — 70 percent
• Say there has been no change to the number of surgical procedures they schedule per day this year than last — 69 percent
• Say that it is a positive trend that nurse practitioners and physician assistants are taking on more duties historically performed by physicians — 68 percent
• Say that as the ACA rolls out, they have had no shifts in their patient panel as a result of healthcare reform — 56 percent
• Say there has been no change in the number of patients they see during an office day since last year — 53 percent
• Say the outlook for a career as a physician in 2014 is generally favorable — 35 percent
• Be employed and have never worked in private practice — 49 percent
• Have a greater percentage of patients with private insurance in their practice make-up — 46 percent
• Say patients are more knowledgeable about their health, conditions, etc., this year than they were last year — 41 percent
Dissatisfied physicians are more likely to
• Not accept new Medicaid patients because of low/declining reimbursements or cannot afford to do so — 88 percent
• Not to encourage a young person to enter the field of medicine as a physician — 81 percent
• Work more than eight hours per day — 75 percent
• To be between the ages of 45 and 64 — 73 percent
• Say that nurse practitioners and physician assistants performing more duties that used to be performed by physicians is a negative trend — 60 percent
• Say that patients are delaying services, procedures, electives, etc. — 71 percent
• Say their income has decreased since last year — 68 percent
• Say billing and collections from insurance companies in 2014 vs. 2013 was more difficult — 59 percent
• Say billing and collections from patients in 2014 vs. 2013 was more difficult — 58 percent
• Say there are no plans for their practice to join an accountable care organization in 2014 — 58 percent
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