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Nusimow: Only about 700,000 of the 1M US MD holders practice medicine

Michael Nusimow · 1519 Health Records Company Hits $23m ARR Serving 6000 Health Customers · Sep 21, 2019 · at 5:05

Michael Nusimow, co-founder and CEO of DrChrono, describes the total addressable physician market in the United States.

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“There's about a million people with an M.D. In the United States, and only about 700,000 of those M.D.s who, you know, people in the U.S. Who have a medical degree actually practice medicine today.”

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There are about 1 million medical degree holders in the United States, and only about 700,000 of them actively practice medicine.

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Assessment

Workforce data from official medical organizations around 2018–2019 closely corroborates both figures as reasonable round approximations. According to the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) 2018 Census (published July 2019), there were 985,026 actively licensed physicians in the U.S. (reaching 1,018,776 by 2020), matching the 'about 1 million' figure. Furthermore, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) 2019 State Physician Workforce Data Report (based on December 2018 AMA Physician Masterfile data) reported 726,801 MDs (and 792,066 total MDs and DOs) actively providing direct patient care, directly supporting the figure of 'about 700,000' actively practicing medicine.

FSMB 2018 Census reported 985,026 actively licensed physicians in the U.S. (and 1,018,776 in the 2020 Census).
AAMC 2019 State Physician Workforce Data Report recorded 726,801 MDs (792,066 total physicians including DOs) engaged in active direct patient care as of December 31, 2018.

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[1] ama-assn.org [2] researchgate.net [3] researchgate.net [4] doi.org [5] aamc.org [6] aamc.org [7] aamc.org [8] cdc.gov

AMA total physicians actively practicing medical degree holders 2018 2019 "FSMB Census of Licensed Physicians in the United States, 2018" "985,026" how many licensed physicians in the united states 2018 2019 FSMB AAMC FSMB census of actively licensed physicians in the United States 2018 2020 "2019 State Physician Workforce Data Report" "total active physicians" "2019 State Physician Workforce Data Report" "Active Patient Care Physicians" total united states "Table 1.2 Active Patient Care Physicians per 100,000" "United States" "835,898" OR "908,760" "AMA Physician Masterfile" 2018 OR 2019 total "active physicians" "patient care"

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