Becker's Healthcare July 18, 2024
Physicians are losing autonomy as the workforce flocks to employed models.
Around 56% of employed physicians said what they like least about their job is less autonomy, according to the Medscape’s “Employed Physicians Report 2023,” a jump from 48% the previous year.
Vladimir Sinkov, MD, founder and CEO of Las Vegas-based Sinkov Spine Center, joined Becker’s to discuss how these declines in autonomy will transform healthcare.
Question: Can you characterize the long-term ramifications of the decline in physician autonomy?
Editor’s note: This response was edited lightly for clarity and length.
Dr. Vladimir Sinkov: We’re already seeing the effects. Physician autonomy has declined significantly since the advent of Medicare in the 1960s.
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