Episode 136: Indpendent vs. Employed Physicians

2 Docs Talk: The podcast about healthcare, the science of medicine and everything in between. - A podcast by Kendall Britt, MD and Amy Rogers, MD

Over the last several decades a shift from independent physicians to corporate-employed physicians has changed the healthcare landscape.  It would make sense to consolidate and take advantage of economies of scaled to make healthcare for efficient.  Today 2 Docs Talk about whether this supposition plays out. Who is happier - independent or employed physicians? And whose patients fare better.