More Than One Third of Physicians Likely to Leave Practices in Near Future

More than one third — 34 percent — of physicians say they are “very” or “somewhat” likely to leave their practice or group in the near future, according to the Wolters Kluwer Health 2013 Physician Outlook Survey.

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The following are the top reasons physicians gave for potentially leaving their practices:

•    Hard to make the practice profitable: 29 percent
•    Time to retire: 25 percent
•    The field is no longer rewarding: 15 percent
•    Healthcare reform: 11 percent
•    Not enough time to spend with patients: 10 percent

The survey includes responses from more than 300 practicing physicians.

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