 | About 5% of the U.S. population sees a podiatric physician each
year. There were 50 million patient visits in 1990 by more than
13.5 million people.
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| There are about 13,800 active podiatric physicians in the United
States today. There is an average of one podiatric physician for
every 20,000 people.
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| About 84% of all U.S. hospitals have podiatric physicians of
staff. The larger the hospital, the more likely it is to have
podiatric physicians on its staff.
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| About 57% of podiatric physicians are affiliated with preferred
provider organizations, 52% with nursing homes, 47% with health
maintenance organizations, 21% with academic institutions, and 12%
with insurance companies, utilization review firms, or peer review
organizations.
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| Over the past 10 years, an average of 612 new podiatric physicians
graduated yearly from the 7 podiatric medical colleges.
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| In 1990, 59% of all active podiatric physicians had completed an
approved one-year residency program and 11% an approved two-year
residency program. As of 1991, all graduates of podiatric
medical colleges have approved residency programs available to
them. Surgical residency programs were 63% of all available
approved residency programs in 1991.
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| In 1993, the percentage of all active podiatric physicians who were
certified by one or more recognized podiatric medical boards was 24%
in surgery, 11% in orthopedics, 0.5% in primary care, and 0.4% in
public health.
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| On average, the podiatric physician in the United States is 42 years
old and has been in practice for 13 years.
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| Over 8% of podiatric physicians are female.
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| About 69% of podiatric physicians are in solo practice. they
have an average of 3 employees.
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| The average net income for all podiatric physicians in 1992 was
$100,287. The highest net income is earned from 20 to 24 years
in practice.
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| About 48% of podiatric physicians have a license in 1 state, 31% in
2, 19% in 3, and 2% in 4 states. |
