Jackson Healthcare surveyed U.S. physicians who had been in private practice, but have left it for employment.
Here are the top three reasons physicians cite for leaving private practice:
• The overhead and cost of maintaining a medical practice was too high — 33 percent
• I want to focus on the practice of medicine and patient care, rather than administrative hassles — 27 percent
• Reimbursement cuts — 26 percent
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