Report Finds 117,000 MDs Left Healthcare Field in 2021

October 27, 2022

According to a recent report from Definitive Healthcare, 117,000 physicians left the workforce in the fourth quarter of 2021. Overall, Definitive estimated that more than 333,000 healthcare providers left the field that year.  

The top three specialties affected by the departures include: internal medicine, family practice and clinical psychology.  

Definitive looked at medical claims data to arrive at these workforce issues. Definitive’s "mission is to transform data, analytics and expertise into healthcare commercial intelligence."    

This information was first reported in Becker’s Hospital Review.  

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