Medical Economics September 18, 2024
Richard Payerchin

Private equity investment, burnout crop up in Physicians Foundation 2024 survey results.

Consolidation in the U.S. health care system is chipping away at quality of patient care, according to the doctors who treat patients daily.

The Physicians Foundation published the findings of its “2024 Survey of America’s Current and Future Physicians,” a poll about the state of physicians and medical students across the nation.

“Across the nation, the overall well-being of physicians has a profound impact on their professional lives and the quality of care they can provide to their patients,” Foundation President Gary Price, MD, MBA, said in a news release.

“Even before the pandemic, physician well-being was in jeopardy; now, the rapid pace of health care consolidation is...

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