- Dec 22, 2017
Infographic Content:
Orthopedic surgeons are ideal targets for the sellers or manufacturers of the medical device and diagnostic industry at large. There are about 35,742 physicians in the United States who recognized orthopedic surgery as their primary or secondary specialty based on the statistics till 2015.
Let’s have a look at the orthopedic surgeons profile based on the market report by QuintilesIMS.
Year Wise Count of Orthopedic Surgeons
2010 – 34,372
2011 – 32,802
2012 – 34,165
2013 – 35,177
2014 – 36,115
2015 – 35,742
Number of Orthopedic Surgeons by Region
The southern states top the chart as per the count:
North – 8,249
South – 11,177
East – 8,814
West – 7,502
Percentage of Orthopedic Surgeons Along with their Daily Patient Volume
39.3% – Upto 50 patients
32.6% – more than 101
16.9% – 76 to 100
11.2% – 51 to 75
Ownership by Percentage
Practice Type Percentage of Surgeons
Independent Practice – 25%
Hospital Owned – 26.1%
Health System owned – 29.7%
Top 4 Specialty Associates of Orthopedics
Internist – 3,482
Family Practitioner – 2,976
Podiatrist – 1,929
Rehab Specialist – 1,758
Percentage of Orthopedics Having Hospital Affiliation
Affiliation to Hospitals % of Total Doctors
0 9.6%
1 39.9%
2 33.7%
3 11.9%
4 4.9%
Acceptance of Medicare and Medicaid
- 7% orthopedics accept Medicare
- 1% orthopedics accept Medicaid
Top 5 Employers of Orthopedic Surgeons
HIS No. of Physicians Employed
Kaiser Permanente – 331
Partners Healthcare System 165
Cleveland Clinic Health System 157
Community Health System Inc. 139
New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System 130
Accessibility of Physicians for Drug Sample Acceptance
Call for Appointment – 55.2%
No access – 25.5%
Access any time -15.8%
Unknown – 3.5%
Rate of EHR Adoption by Orthopedic Surgeons per Year
2011 – 58.8%
2012 – 62%
2013 – 68.7%
2014 – 71.2%
2015 – 69.8%
