Group medical practice
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Group medical practices are defined as "the practice of medicine by a group of physicians who share their premises and other resources."
. Among these physician practices, 52.8% consist of only one office-based physician. The remaining 47.2% of physician practices are group practices. Physician group practices with 2-5 physicians make up 37.1% of physician offices in the United States. 6.3% consist of 6-9 physicians and the remaining 3.7% consist of 10 or more physicians. The chart below provides a breakdown of all U.S. physician practices, by size of practice.
Largest group medical practices in the United States
The table below shows the top 50 largest group medical practices in the United States, as well as the number of offices in each and the number of practicing physicians in each group.Rank | Medical Group | Offices | Physicians |
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1 | Kaiser Permanente Medical Group | 301 | 7858 |
2 | Greater Houston Anesthesiology | 11 | 2278 |
3 | Cleveland Clinic | 104 | 1851 |
4 | MEDNAX (f.k.a. Pediatrix/Obstetrix Med Grp Nat) | 300 | 1700 |
5 | Advanced Radiology | 19 | 1349 |
6 | Mayo Clinic Jacksonville | 37 | 1311 |
7 | Fairview Physician Associates | 194 | 1295 |
8 | University Pittsburgh Phys | 156 | 1215 |
9 | Palo Alto Medical Foundation | 47 | 905 |
10 | Partners in Care | ? | 850 |
11 | Henry Ford Medical Group | 60 | 816 |
12 | Radiology Imaging Associates | 14 | 796 |
13 | Aurora Medical Group | 88 | 790 |
14 | Marshfield Clinic Marshfield Clinic Marshfield Clinic is a health care system in northern, central and western Wisconsin, with 2 hospitals and 52 community care centers as of June, 2010. It was founded in 1916 by six local physicians: K.W. Doege, William Hipke, Victor Mason, Walter G. Sexton, H.H. Milbee, and Roy P... |
54 | 779 |
15 | Austin Radiological Assn | 12 | 754 |
16 | UC Davis Medical Group | 68 | 673 |
17 | ENH Medical Group | 133 | 664 |
18 | Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates is an American non-profit multi-specialty group medical practice operating in eastern Massachusetts. It was founded in the late 1960s as part of Harvard Community Health Plan . The two organizations split in 2004. It is allied with four other regional practices... |
23 | 650 |
19 | Emory Clinic | 76 | 636 |
20 | Geisinger Medical Center | 56 | 616 |
21 | UW Health Clinics | 80 | 612 |
22 | Ochsner Clinic | 27 | 554 |
23 | Allina Medical Clinic Coon Rpds | 41 | 552 |
24 | Carolinas Physician Network | 90 | 539 |
25 | Lsu Healthcare Network Rhu | 55 | 532 |
26 | Park Nicollet Health Services | 46 | 523 |
27 | Lahey Clinic | 17 | 520 |
28 | Scott & White Clinic | 26 | 515 |
29 | Vanderbilt Medical Group | 60 | 499 |
30 | Radiological Assocs Sacramento | 14 | 480 |
31 | Ermed Physicians | 1 | 477 |
32 | University Health Associates | 17 | 476 |
33 | Healthcare Partners Medical Grp | 109 | 458 |
34 | UT Medicine | 38 | 444 |
35 | University Radiology Group | 7 | 443 |
36 | Duluth Clinic | 45 | 440 |
37 | Virginia Mason Clinic | 12 | 437 |
38 | UCSD Medical Group Urology | 50 | 420 |
39 | St John's Clinic | 102 | 418 |
40 | Radia Inc | 14 | 402 |
41 | Northwestern Medical Facility Fdn | 30 | 397 |
42 | Spectrum Health Medical Group | 20 | 394 |
43 | Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester | 35 | 389 |
44 | Montefiore Medical Group | 38 | 382 |
45 | Queens Long Island Med Grp | 20 | 376 |
46 | MeritCare | 32 | 374 |
47 | Radiology Alliance | 9 | 372 |
48 | IHC Physician Group | 47 | 364 |
49 | UT Medical Group Inc | 39 | 358 |
50 | Healthpartners | 23 | 353 |
Office-based physicians and group practices
There are approximately 230,187 physician practices in the United StatesUnited States
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. Among these physician practices, 52.8% consist of only one office-based physician. The remaining 47.2% of physician practices are group practices. Physician group practices with 2-5 physicians make up 37.1% of physician offices in the United States. 6.3% consist of 6-9 physicians and the remaining 3.7% consist of 10 or more physicians. The chart below provides a breakdown of all U.S. physician practices, by size of practice.
Office Size | # of Offices | % of Total |
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1 physician | 121,643 | 52.85% |
2 physicians | 41,188 | 17.89% |
3-5 physicians | 44,186 | 19.20% |
6-9 physicians | 14,595 | 6.34% |
10-19 physicians | 6,304 | 2.74% |
20+ physicians | 2,271 | 0.99% |
Total | 230,187 | 100.00% |