Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

A Survey of America's Physicians

The survey was sent by email to over 630,000 physicians (approximately 84 percent of all physicians in active patient care). It contains responses from 13,575 physicians.

Key questions addressed include:

• What do physicians think about the current state of the medical profession?
• How satisfied are they in their careers?
• What changes will they make in their practices?
• Will they continue to see Medicare and Medicaid patients?
• What do they think of ACOs and other emerging delivery models?
• How many patients do they see?
• How many hours do they work?
• What do they think about health reform?
• A Survey of America’s Physicians provides answers to these and other questions directly impacting quality and access to patient care in the United States.