As an example of how changes in health care can affect the health workforce, a report from the American Medical Association (AMA) indicates that for the first time, fewer than half of practicing physicians own their own practice, according to 2016 data collected in a nationally representative survey of U.S.-based physicians who provide at least 20 hours of patient care per week and are not employed by the federal government.
The report can be obtained at https://www.ama-assn.org/sites/default/files/media-browser/public/health-policy/PRP-2016-physician-benchmark-survey.pdf.