section ii : actively practicing physicians

Section II Contents

Reporting Sample

Demographics

Education

Practice Characteristics

Specialties and Services

section ii

Actively Practicing Physicians

To identify the physician’s actively practicing in Indiana which accurately represented Indiana’s workforce, the sample selection criteria demonstrated in Figure 2.1 were used to determine the current sample. The 2023 physician report includes physicians who 1) had an active license status, 2) renewed their license online, 3) reported actively practicing in medicine, and 4) reported providing telemedicine to Indiana residents or had a practice located in Indiana. Of the 32,898 physicians who renewed their Indiana license in 2023, 18,586 (56.5%) met all criteria for inclusion in the reporting sample.

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Demographics

Table 2.1 shows the demographic characteristics of Indiana’s physician workforce. Among Indiana’s actively practicing physicians, a greater proportion were male physicians (n=11,963; 64.4%). The average age of all physicians was 49.5 years, with female physicians being on average slightly younger than male physicians at 46.6 and 51.0 years, respectively.

Regarding race and ethnicity, 3.7% of physicians identified as Hispanic, Latina/o, or Spanish origin. Physicians predominantly identified as White (67.2%), followed by nearly 20% identifying as Asian (18.1%).

average age of an indiana physician

Table 2.1 - Physician Demographic characteristics

Table 2.1 Physician demographic characteristics.
Female Male Gender not Available Total
N % N % N % N %
Total 6,225 100.0 11,963 100.0 398 100.0 18,586 100.0
Mean Age 46.6 51.0 49.6 49.5
Age Groups
Under 35 797 12.8 1,050 8.8 76 19.1 1,923 10.3
35-44 2,279 36.6 3,265 27.3 88 22.1 5,632 30.3
45-54 1,729 27.8 3,020 25.2 51 12.8 4,800 26.6
55-64 1,007 16.2 2,728 22.8 106 26.6 3,841 20.7
65 and Older 342 5.5 1,769 14.8 54 13.6 2,165 11.6
Age not Available 71 1.1 131 1.1 23 5.8 225 1.1
Ethnicity
Hispanic, Latina/o, or Spanish origin 258 4.1 424 3.5 10.0 2.5 692 3.7
Not Hispanic, Latina/o, or Spanish origin 5,967 95.9 11,539 96.5 388 97.5 17,894 96.3
Race
White 4,050 65.1 8,206 68.6 239 60.1 12,495 67.2
Asian 1,202 19.3 2,084 17.4 84 21.1 3,370 18.1
Black or African American 472 7.6 469 3.9 30 7.5 971 5.2
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 15 0.2 30 0.3 1 0.3 46 0.2
American Indian or Alaska Native 8 0.1 8 0.1 1 0.3 17 0.1
Multiracial 138 2.2 190 1.6 9 2.3 337 1.8
Other 340 5.5 976 8.2 34 8.5 1,350 7.3
Source: Indiana Physician License and Supplemental Survey Data, 2023
Notes: Data on gender was not provided for every respondent by Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (IPLA). Age was calculated as the difference between the respondent’s date of birth and the date of survey completion. Click here to download a CSV of the table above

Education

Table 2.2 displays the locations of where practicing physicians reported completing their medical education and residency training. Over a quarter (25.2%) of physicians practicing in Indiana obtained their medical degree in Indiana. In comparison, 21.8% of physicians obtained their medical degree in a contiguous state and 31.2% in another US state. Physicians most frequently reported completing residency training in another US state (41.6%), followed by a contiguous state (29.5%), and Indiana (27.8%). While 21.9% of physicians obtained their medical degree in another country, only 1.1% reported completing their residency training in another country.

Table 2.2 - Location of med. school and residency for Ind. physicians

Table 2.2 Location of medical school and residency for Indiana physicians.
N %
Total 18,586 100.0
Medical School
Indiana 4,675 25.2
Contiguous State 4,050 21.8
Another US State 5,795 31.2
Another Country 4,066 21.9
Residency
Indiana 5,167 27.8
Contiguous State 5,474 29.5
Another US State 7,736 41.6
Another Country 209 1.1
Source: Indiana Physician License and Supplemental Survey Data, 2023
Notes: Contiguous States include Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Illinois Click here to download a CSV of the table above

Practice Characteristics

Practice Settings

Table 2.3 shows the reported practice setting for physicians by primary, secondary, and tertiary practice. Almost all physicians (n=18,133; 97.6%) reported a primary practice setting, while 5,111 (27.5%) reported a secondary practice and 1,531 (8.2%) reported a tertiary practice. The most frequently reported primary practice setting was hospital-inpatient (19.8%), followed by office/clinic-single specialty group (15.7%), and office/clinic-multi specialty group (15.4%). These settings were also some of the most reported among those with secondary and tertiary practices. Table 2.3 provides additional information regarding the reported practice settings of Indiana physicians.

Table 2.3 - Physician practice setting characteristics

Table 2.3 Physician practice setting characteristics.
Practice Setting Primary Practice Secondary Practice Tertiary Practice
N % N % N %
Total 18,586 100.0 18,586 100.0 18,586 100.0
Office/Clinic – Solo Practice 1,110 6.0 248 1.3 64 0.3
Office/Clinic – Partnership 1,339 7.2 368 2.0 90 0.5
Office/Clinic – Single Specialty Group 2,916 15.7 707 3.8 191 1.0
Office/Clinic – Multi Specialty Group 2,865 15.4 797 4.3 215 1.2
Hospital – Ambulatory Care Center 274 1.5 116 0.6 35 0.2
Hospital – Emergency Department 1,145 6.2 432 2.3 136 0.7
Hospital – Inpatient 3,678 19.8 1,099 5.9 288 1.5
Hospital – Outpatient 1,822 9.8 545 2.9 132 0.7
Federal Government Hospital 152 0.8 22 0.1 7 0.0
Research Laboratory 14 0.1 2 0.0 2 0.0
Medical School 278 1.5 37 0.2 9 0.0
Nursing Home or Extended Care Facility 58 0.3 52 0.3 30 0.2
Home Health Setting 29 0.2 3 0.0 2 0.0
Hospice Care 32 0.2 35 0.2 4 0.0
Federal/State/Community Health Center(s) 362 1.9 71 0.4 13 0.1
Local Health Department 19 0.1 15 0.1 3 0.0
Telemedicine 1,611 8.7 252 1.4 98 0.5
Volunteer in a Free Clinic 17 0.1 15 0.1 5 0.0
Other 412 2.2 295 1.6 207 1.1
Not Applicable 453 2.4 13,475 72.5 17,055 91.8
Source: Indiana Physician License and Supplemental Survey Data, 2023 Click here to download a CSV of the table above

Hours in Patient Care

Table 2.4 displays the average number of hours physicians reported spending in direct patient care at their primary, secondary, and tertiary practice per week. Nearly half of respondents (49.2%) reported spending an average of at least 37 hours per week in patient care at their primary practice. On the other hand, physicians reported spending fewer hours in patient care at secondary and tertiary practices. It was most frequently reported that physicians spent an average of 5-8 hours per week in patient care at their secondary practice (n=1,033; 5.6%) and 1-4 hours per week in patient care at their tertiary practice (n=348; 1.9%).

Table 2.4 - Average hours per week in patient care

Table 2.4 Average hours per week in patient care.
Average hours per week in patient care Primary Practice Secondary Practice Tertiary Practice
N % N % N %
Total 18,586 100.0 18,586 100.0 18,586 100.0
0 hours per week 238 1.3 227 1.2 133 0.7
1-4 hours per week 381 2.0 730 3.9 348 1.9
5-8 hours per week 505 2.7 1,033 5.6 325 1.7
9-12 hours per week 708 3.8 851 4.6 228 1.2
13-16 hours per week 612 3.3 406 2.2 72 0.4
17-20 hours per week 1124 6.0 525 2.8 56 0.3
21-24 hours per week 908 4.9 247 1.3 28 0.2
25-28 hours per week 884 4.8 159 0.9 18 0.1
29-32 hours per week 1,329 7.2 95 0.5 8 0.0
33-36 hours per week 1,747 9.4 69 0.4 10 0.1
37-40 hours per week 4,274 23.0 198 1.1 48 0.3
41 or more hours per week 4,870 26.2 279 1.5 71 0.4
Not Applicable 1,006 5.4 13,767 74.1 17,241 92.8
Source: Indiana Physician License and Supplemental Survey Data, 2023 Click here to download a CSV of the table above

Employment Plans

Most physicians (84.8%) reported no planned employment changes for the next two years. For those that remain, 5.1% planned to decrease hours, 3.6% planned to increase hours, and 1.4% planned to retire. Table 2.5 provides more information on Indiana physicians’ employment plans.

Table 2.5 - Physician employment plans

Table 2.5 Physician employment plans.
Employment plans for the next 2 years N %
Total 18,586 100.0
Continue as you are 15,768 84.8
Increase hours 670 3.6
Decrease hours 955 5.1
Seek non-clinical job 62 0.3
Retire 255 1.4
Unknown 876 4.7
Source: Indiana Physician License and Supplemental Survey Data, 2023 Click here to download a CSV of the table above

Patient Panel

Table 2.6 displays the reported characteristics of physicians’ patient panels. At their primary practices, less than 20% of physicians reported offering a sliding fee scale (16.8%). However, 8.3% of physicians reported that >0%-5% of their patients were on a sliding fee scale.

Around 70% of physicians reported that at least a portion of their primary practice patient panel was comprised of Medicaid recipients. Of those serving Medicaid patients, the highest proportion (13.8%) reported that between 11%-20% of their patient panel were Medicaid recipients.

As shown in Table 2.7, 78.4% of physicians reported accepting new Indiana Medicaid patients at their practice. Physicians who reported not accepting new Medicaid patients were asked about the barriers they faced, and a summary of those responses are shown in Table 2.7. Physicians most frequently reported workforce capacity and practice model as barriers to accepting new Medicaid patients. However, many reported that accepting Medicaid was not applicable to them given their current employment arrangement or location. This could be the case for physicians providing telehealth services or practicing temporarily at a facility.

Table 2.6 - Patient panel characteristics

Table 2.6 Patient panel characteristics.
Primary Practice Secondary Practice Tertiary Practice
N % N % N %
Percent of Patients on a Sliding Fee Scale
Do not offer a sliding fee scale 4,118 22.2 1,253 6.7 419 2.3
>0% – 5% 1,550 8.3 419 2.3 126 0.7
6% – 10% 676 3.6 148 0.8 37 0.2
11% – 20% 389 2.1 92 0.5 28 0.2
21% – 30% 214 1.2 59 0.3 17 0.1
31% – 50% 160 0.9 43 0.2 12 0.1
Greater than 50% 121 0.7 53 0.3 26 0.1
Not Applicable 11,358 61.1 16,519 88.9 17,921 96.4
Percent of Patient Panel who are Medicaid Recipients
Not Accepting Indiana Medicaid 848 4.6 303 1.6 119 0.6
>0% – 5% 2,147 11.6 754 4.1 259 1.4
6% – 10% 2,460 13.2 698 3.8 170 0.9
11% – 20% 2,565 13.8 669 3.6 177 1.0
21% – 30% 2,293 12.3 525 2.8 138 0.7
31% – 50% 2,139 11.5 557 3.0 110 0.6
Greater than 50% 1,542 8.3 404 2.2 116 0.6
Not Applicable 4,592 24.7 14,676 79.0 17,497 94.1
Source: Indiana Physician License and Supplemental Survey Data, 2023 Click here to download a CSV of the table above

Table 2.7 - Physician Medicaid participation status

Table 2.7 Physician Medicaid participation status.
N %
Accepting new Indiana Medicaid patients
Accepting new Indiana Medicaid patients 14,577 78.4
Not accepting new Indiana Medicaid patients 4,009 21.6
Barriers to not Accepting New Medicaid Patients
Practice at Government Facility 51 1.3
Full Patient Panel 266 6.6
Acute Care/Specialist/Hospitalist 49 1.2
Reimbursement Rates 72 1.8
Administrative Burden 21 0.5
Policies of Practice 125 3.1
Managing Medicaid Patients 6 0.1
Not Currently Enrolled as a Medicaid Provider 10 0.2
Not Providing Direct Patient Care 14 0.3
Anticipating Future Acceptance 5 0.1
Low Demand 5 0.1
Not Applicable (locum tenens, Planning to Retire) 3,385 84.4
Source: Indiana Physician License and Supplemental Survey Data, 2023 Click here to download a CSV of the table above

Speciality and Services

Total Speciality Distribution

As shown in Figure 2.2, more than one-third (34.5%) of physicians reported a primary care specialty as defined by the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) for the purposes of informing health profession shortage designations (HPSAs) in primary care[1]. Primary care specialties include family medicine/general practice, internal medicine (general), obstetrics & gynecology, and general pediatrics. Child psychiatry and psychiatry are included in psychiatry specialties. Psychiatry specialties make up 4.2% of the physician workforce.

[1] 42 C.F.R. Appendix A to Part 5 (2024).

Figure 2.2: Specialty distribution among the physician workforce

Hover over each segment in the chart below to get more details. 

Telemedicine Services by Specialty

Telemedicine is defined in Indiana statute as the delivery of health care services using electronic communications and information technology, including: secure videoconferencing, interactive audio-using store and forward technology, or remote patient monitoring technology between a provider in one location and patient in another location[1]. This definition was provided to physicians during completion of the supplemental licensure survey to ensure a uniform understanding of telemedicine when indicating whether they provide these services in Indiana.

As shown in Table 2.8, more than half of physicians (61.8%) reported providing telemedicine services to Indiana residents in 2023. The proportion of physicians providing telemedicine services to Indiana residents continues to rise compared to previous years. In 2019, only 15.9%[2] of physicians reported providing telemedicine services. In 2021, that number grew to 58.5%[3]. Family medicine/general practice made up the largest specialty providing telemedicine services at 22.3%, followed by general internal medicine (9.4%) and radiology (8.3%).

 [1] IC 25-1-9.5-6

[2] Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy. (2020). Data Report: Indiana Physician Workforce. https://hdl.handle.net/1805/22525

[3] Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy. (2022). Data Report: Indiana Physician Workforce. https://hdl.handle.net/1805/28950

Table 2.8 - Physician specialty distribution by telemedicine status

Table 2.8 Specialty distribution among physicians based on telemedicine service status.
Medical Specialty Reported Providing Telemedicine Services to Indiana Residents
Yes No
N % N %
Total 11,489 100.0 7,097 100.0
Adolescent Medicine 19 0.2 2 0.0
Allergy and Immunology 86 0.7 13 0.2
Anesthesiology 78 0.7 934 13.2
Cardiology 510 4.4 171 2.4
Child Psychiatry 64 0.6 10 0.1
Colon and Rectal Surgery 31 0.3 6 0.1
Critical Care Medicine 122 1.1 114 1.6
Dermatology 120 1.0 103 1.5
Emergency Medicine 306 2.7 1,000 14.1
Endocrinology 153 1.3 11 0.2
Family Medicine/General Practice 2,557 22.3 467 6.6
Gastroenterology 236 2.1 74 1.0
Geriatric Medicine 76 0.7 24 0.3
Gynecology Only 70 0.6 33 0.5
Hematology and Oncology 274 2.4 44 0.6
Infectious Diseases 121 1.1 44 0.6
Internal Medicine (General) 1,079 9.4 913 12.9
Nephrology 237 2.1 38 0.5
Neurological Surgery 62 0.5 52 0.7
Neurology 569 5.0 88 1.2
Obstetrics and Gynecology 370 3.2 272 3.8
Occupational Medicine 45 0.4 47 0.7
Ophthalmology 49 0.4 209 2.9
Orthopedic Surgery 267 2.3 343 4.8
Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine 5 0.0 12 0.2
Other Specialties 345 3.0 198 2.8
Other Surgical Specialties 19 0.2 10 0.1
Otolaryngology 112 1.0 98 1.4
Pathology 43 0.4 220 3.1
Pediatrics (General) 558 4.9 204 2.9
Pediatrics Subspecialties 388 3.4 220 3.1
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 104 0.9 72 1.0
Plastic Surgery 53 0.5 67 0.9
Preventive Medicine/Public Health 14 0.1 15 0.2
Psychiatry 583 5.1 125 1.8
Pulmonology 175 1.5 46 0.6
Radiation Oncology 70 0.6 38 0.5
Radiology 959 8.3 357 5.0
Rheumatology 87 0.8 8 0.1
Surgery (General) 203 1.8 255 3.6
Thoracic Surgery 45 0.4 63 0.9
Urology 170 1.5 42 0.6
Vascular Surgery 55 0.5 35 0.5
Source: Indiana Physician License and Supplemental Survey Data, 2023 Click here to download a CSV of the table above

Addiction Services by Speciality

In subsequent tables, it should be noted that psychiatrists were able to report more than one service they provide and populations they serve. Because of this the total count of psychiatrists providing each service or serving each population will be reported by specialty.

Table 2.9 provides details regarding addiction services provided to Indiana residents by physicians. Of the 18,586 physicians included in the report, 2,518 (13.5%) physicians reported providing at least one addiction service, including screening for addiction, addiction counseling, or medication-assisted treatment. The most frequently reported service was addiction counseling, with a total of 1,632 physicians who reported offering this service, followed by screening for addiction (n=1,476). Specialties that most often reported offering at least one addiction service were family medicine/general practice (32.7%), internal medicine (general) (17.6%), and psychiatry (15.3%).

Table 2.9 - Physician specialty and addiction services

Table 2.9 Physician specialty and addiction services.
Medical Specialty Screening for Addiction Addiction Counseling MAT – Methadone MAT – Buprenorphine MAT – Naltrexone Total Unique Physicians Providing Addiction Services
N % N % N % N % N % N %
Adolescent Medicine 5 0.3 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.2
Allergy and Immunology 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Anesthesiology 17 1.2 17 1.0 3 2.0 13 1.4 6 0.9 31 1.2
Cardiology 3 0.2 10 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.3 14 0.6
Child Psychiatry 18 1.2 17 1.0 0 0.0 9 1.0 9 1.4 22 0.9
Colon and Rectal Surgery 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Critical Care Medicine 6 0.4 7 0.4 1 0.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 11 0.4
Dermatology 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
Emergency Medicine 173 11.7 257 15.7 28 18.9 171 18.5 66 10.4 351 13.9
Endocrinology 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Family Medicine/General Practice 539 36.5 517 31.7 23 15.5 277 29.9 207 32.6 823 32.7
Gastroenterology 7 0.5 14 0.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 17 0.7
Geriatric Medicine 8 0.5 8 0.5 0 0.0 5 0.5 4 0.6 14 0.6
Gynecology Only 3 0.2 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.1
Hematology and Oncology 5 0.3 5 0.3 4 2.7 2 0.2 2 0.3 11 0.4
Infectious Diseases 5 0.3 4 0.2 0 0.0 2 0.2 1 0.2 8 0.3
Internal Medicine (General) 220 14.9 318 19.5 33 22.3 134 14.5 80 12.6 444 17.6
Nephrology 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Neurological Surgery 2 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.1
Neurology 3 0.2 10 0.6 2 1.4 1 0.1 1 0.2 15 0.6
Obstetrics and Gynecology 130 8.8 35 2.1 9 6.1 44 4.8 9 1.4 148 5.9
Occupational Medicine 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 2 0.1
Ophthalmology 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
Orthopedic Surgery 1 0.1 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.1
Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine 0 0.0 2 0.1 0 0.0 1 0.1 1 0.2 3 0.1
Other Specialties 47 3.2 54 3.3 16 10.8 54 5.8 35 5.5 76 3.0
Other Surgical Specialties 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
Otolaryngology 1 0.1 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.1
Pathology 1 0.1 2 0.1 0 0.0 2 0.2 1 0.2 3 0.1
Pediatrics (General) 29 2.0 9 0.6 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 34 1.4
Pediatrics Subspecialties 9 0.6 7 0.4 3 2.0 3 0.3 0 0.0 18 0.7
Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation 6 0.4 4 0.2 2 1.4 7 0.8 3 0.5 12 0.5
Plastic Surgery 2 0.1 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.1
Preventive Medicine/Public Health 4 0.3 5 0.3 1 0.7 2 0.2 4 0.6 7 0.3
Psychiatry 201 13.6 299 18.3 22 14.9 193 20.9 202 31.8 386 15.3
Pulmonology 4 0.3 9 0.6 0 0.0 2 0.2 0 0.0 12 0.5
Radiation Oncology 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Radiology 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.2 1 0.0
Rheumatology 0 0.0 2 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.1
Surgery (General) 21 1.4 9 0.6 0 0.0 1 0.1 1 0.2 25 1.0
Thoracic Surgery 1 0.1 2 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.1
Urology 1 0.1 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
Vascular Surgery 1 0.1 3 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.2
Total 1,476 100.0 1,632 100.0 148 100.0 925 100.0 635 100.0 2,518 100.0

Source: Indiana Physician License and Supplemental Survey Data, 2023. Click here to download a CSV of the table above

Obstetric Services by Speciality

Table 2.10 shows the obstetric services offered by physician specialty. A total of 2,360 physicians (12.7%) reported providing at least one obstetric service to Indiana residents. The most frequently reported services were post-natal services, defined as health care services provided immediately after birth and for the first 42 days of life (n=1,672) and pre-natal services, including health care services during pregnancy to promote health and well-being of the woman and fetus (n=1,170). More than half of physicians providing obstetric services had specialties in family medicine/general practice (26.2%) and obstetrics and gynecology (24.8%). Additional information regarding obstetric services is provided in Table 2.10 below.

Table 2.10 - Obstetric services by physician specialty

Table 2.10 Obstetric services by physician specialty.
Medical Specialty High-Risk Pregnancy Screening High-Risk Pregnancy Services Pre-Natal Services Labor and Delivery Post-Natal Services Treatment for OUD-affected Pregnancy Total Unique Physicians Providing Obstetric Services
N % N % N % N % N % N % N %
Adolescent Medicine 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
Allergy and Immunology 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Anesthesiology 6 0.8 44 6.1 17 1.5 164 16.4 19 1.1 6 1.7 177 7.5
Cardiology 5 0.6 9 1.2 6 0.5 4 0.4 4 0.2 0 0.0 13 0.6
Child Psychiatry 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 2 0.6 3 0.1
Colon and Rectal Surgery 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Critical Care Medicine 1 0.1 4 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 5 0.2
Dermatology 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
Emergency Medicine 48 6.0 101 14.0 111 9.5 99 9.9 106 6.3 31 8.9 212 9.0
Endocrinology 1 0.1 9 1.2 7 0.6 0 0.0 2 0.1 0 0.0 15 0.6
Family Medicine/General Practice 209 26.2 93 12.9 352 30.1 180 18.0 537 32.1 76 21.8 618 26.2
Gastroenterology 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
Geriatric Medicine 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Gynecology Only 3 0.4 1 0.1 6 0.5 3 0.3 4 0.2 0 0.0 7 0.3
Hematology and Oncology 0 0.0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 2 0.1
Infectious Diseases 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 2 0.1 1 0.3 3 0.1
Internal Medicine (General) 5 0.6 7 1.0 9 0.8 8 0.8 30 1.8 10 2.9 49 2.1
Nephrology 1 0.1 6 0.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.3
Neurological Surgery 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.3 0 0.0 5 0.3 0 0.0 5 0.2
Neurology 0 0.0 3 0.4 1 0.1 2 0.2 2 0.1 0 0.0 8 0.3
Obstetrics and Gynecology 476 59.6 391 54.1 529 45.2 492 49.1 437 26.1 134 38.4 585 24.8
Occupational Medicine 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Ophthalmology 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.2 0 0.0 3 0.1
Orthopedic Surgery 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 1 0.0
Other Specialties 3 0.4 1 0.1 3 0.3 0 0.0 2 0.1 31 8.9 37 1.6
Other Surgical Specialties 1 0.1 1 0.1 2 0.2 1 0.1 2 0.1 0 0.0 2 0.1
Otolaryngology 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.1 0 0.0 2 0.1
Pathology 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 1 0.3 2 0.1
Pediatrics (General) 0 0.0 3 0.4 6 0.5 10 1.0 296 17.7 4 1.1 298 12.6
Pediatrics Subspecialties 22 2.8 28 3.9 69 5.9 29 2.9 175 10.5 3 0.9 193 8.2
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.3 2 0.1
Plastic Surgery 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
Preventive Medicine/Public Health 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 2 0.1 2 0.6 4 0.2
Psychiatry 5 0.6 6 0.8 18 1.5 0 0.0 16 1.0 45 12.9 61 2.6
Pulmonology 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
Radiation Oncology 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Radiology 11 1.4 8 1.1 15 1.3 6 0.6 12 0.7 0 0.0 25 1.1
Rheumatology 1 0.1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 2 0.1
Surgery (General) 0 0.0 1 0.1 2 0.2 1 0.1 3 0.2 1 0.3 6 0.3
Thoracic Surgery 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 1 0.0
Urology 1 0.1 1 0.1 6 0.5 1 0.1 5 0.3 1 0.3 7 0.3
Vascular Surgery 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Total 799 100.0 723 100.0 1,170 100.0 1,002 100.0 1,672 100.0 349 100.0 2,360 100.0

Source: Indiana Physician License and Supplemental Survey Data, 2023 Click here to download a CSV of the table above

Pediatric Populations Served by Specialty

As with the reported services provided, physicians were also able to indicate more than one population that they serve. Table 2.11 describes the pediatric populations served by each physician specialty. Over half of physicians (n=10,936; 58.8%) report serving at least one pediatric population. Physicians most frequently reported serving adolescents ages 11-19 years old (n=10,725), followed by children 2-10 years old (n=8,526), and newborns (n=6,318). The highest proportion of physicians who reported serving pediatric populations had a specialty in family medicine/general practice (22.4%) as well as emergency medicine (10.3%), and radiology (8.4%).

Table 2.11 - Pediatric populations served by physicians

Table 2.11 Pediatric populations served by physicians.
Medical Specialty Newborns Children (ages 2-10) Adolescents (ages 11-19) Total Unique Physicians Serving Pediatric Populations
N % N % N % N %
Adolescent Medicine 1 0.0 7 0.1 17 0.2 17 0.2
Allergy and Immunology 74 1.2 90 1.1 95 0.9 95 0.9
Anesthesiology 311 4.9 752 8.8 849 7.9 851 7.8
Cardiology 10 0.2 11 0.1 74 0.7 74 0.7
Child Psychiatry 1 0.0 70 0.8 74 0.7 74 0.7
Colon and Rectal Surgery 1 0.0 4 0.0 16 0.1 16 0.1
Critical Care Medicine 10 0.2 14 0.2 30 0.3 30 0.3
Dermatology 136 2.2 170 2.0 206 1.9 207 1.9
Emergency Medicine 1,021 16.2 1,114 13.1 1,130 10.5 1,131 10.3
Endocrinology 9 0.1 15 0.2 40 0.4 40 0.4
Family Medicine/General Practice 1,733 27.4 2,192 25.7 2,446 22.8 2,454 22.4
Gastroenterology 10 0.2 15 0.2 58 0.5 58 0.5
Geriatric Medicine 1 0.0 1 0.0 4 0.0 4 0.0
Gynecology Only 3 0.0 8 0.1 57 0.5 57 0.5
Hematology and Oncology 5 0.1 5 0.1 20 0.2 20 0.2
Infectious Diseases 9 0.1 10 0.1 27 0.3 28 0.3
Internal Medicine (General) 105 1.7 141 1.7 289 2.7 296 2.7
Nephrology 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 0.2 18 0.2
Neurological Surgery 20 0.3 30 0.4 54 0.5 54 0.5
Neurology 53 0.8 92 1.1 190 1.8 190 1.7
Obstetrics and Gynecology 41 0.6 38 0.4 473 4.4 480 4.4
Occupational Medicine 2 0.0 12 0.1 24 0.2 24 0.2
Ophthalmology 68 1.1 133 1.6 185 1.7 189 1.7
Orthopedic Surgery 68 1.1 366 4.3 507 4.7 509 4.7
Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine 10 0.2 12 0.1 15 0.1 15 0.1
Other Specialties 88 1.4 174 2.0 260 2.4 261 2.4
Other Surgical Specialties 6 0.1 7 0.1 13 0.1 13 0.1
Otolaryngology 157 2.5 188 2.2 193 1.8 194 1.8
Pathology 168 2.7 189 2.2 194 1.8 194 1.8
Pediatrics (General) 733 11.6 737 8.6 730 6.8 752 6.9
Pediatrics Subspecialties 577 9.1 476 5.6 467 4.4 606 5.5
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 9 0.1 33 0.4 75 0.7 75 0.7
Plastic Surgery 33 0.5 73 0.9 85 0.8 86 0.8
Preventive Medicine/Public Health 7 0.1 11 0.1 14 0.1 14 0.1
Psychiatry 6 0.1 160 1.9 281 2.6 284 2.6
Pulmonology 2 0.0 6 0.1 37 0.3 38 0.3
Radiation Oncology 7 0.1 21 0.2 36 0.3 36 0.3
Radiology 710 11.2 855 10.0 911 8.5 917 8.4
Rheumatology 0 0.0 2 0.0 6 0.1 6 0.1
Surgery (General) 58 0.9 173 2.0 326 3.0 329 3.0
Thoracic Surgery 7 0.1 9 0.1 26 0.2 27 0.2
Urology 38 0.6 90 1.1 130 1.2 130 1.2
Vascular Surgery 10 0.2 20 0.2 43 0.4 43 0.4
Total 6,318 100.0 8,526 100.0 10,725 100.0 10,936 100.0

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Adult and Special Populations Served by Specialty

Table 2.12 highlights the number of physicians who reported serving adults and other populations of interest. A large majority of physicians (n=16,873; 90.8%) reported serving at least one population of interest. The most frequently reported populations served were adults (n=16,168), geriatric (n=13,094), individuals with disabilities (n=9,808), and veterans or individuals who have served in the military (n=8,767). Specialties that most frequently reported serving at least one of the populations listed in Table 2.12 below included family medicine/general practice (17.3%) and internal medicine (general) (11.4%).

Table 2.12 - Adult and special populations served by physicians

Table 2.12 Adult and special populations served by physicians.
Medical Specialty Adults Individuals who are Incarcerated Geriatric Pregnant Women Individuals with Disabilities Individuals in Recovery Veterans/Individuals who have Served in the Military Total Unique Physicians
N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N %
Adolescent Medicine 11 0.1 2 0.0 3 0.0 2 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0 12 0.1
Allergy and Immunology 93 0.6 20 0.4 84 0.6 52 0.7 70 0.7 26 0.4 53 0.6 94 0.6
Anesthesiology 972 6.0 582 10.5 891 6.8 709 9.5 777 7.9 616 9.1 705 8.0 988 5.9
Cardiology 655 4.1 209 3.8 487 3.7 243 3.2 284 2.9 168 2.5 298 3.4 661 3.9
Child Psychiatry 45 0.3 3 0.1 14 0.1 11 0.1 36 0.4 14 0.2 10 0.1 54 0.3
Colon and Rectal Surgery 35 0.2 20 0.4 29 0.2 15 0.2 22 0.2 16 0.2 22 0.3 36 0.2
Critical Care Medicine 217 1.3 74 1.3 141 1.1 69 0.9 84 0.9 52 0.8 77 0.9 219 1.3
Dermatology 216 1.3 95 1.7 206 1.6 172 2.3 159 1.6 120 1.8 148 1.7 219 1.3
Emergency Medicine 1,218 7.5 969 17.5 1,132 8.6 1,061 14.2 1,051 10.7 989 14.6 1,027 11.7 1,234 7.3
Endocrinology 156 1.0 32 0.6 115 0.9 95 1.3 73 0.7 28 0.4 58 0.7 157 0.9
Family Medicine/General Practice 2,901 17.9 416 7.5 2,584 19.7 1,019 13.6 1,954 19.9 1,355 20.0 1,835 20.9 2,926 17.3
Gastroenterology 291 1.8 98 1.8 207 1.6 92 1.2 120 1.2 94 1.4 128 1.5 294 1.7
Geriatric Medicine 58 0.4 1 0.0 99 0.8 1 0.0 38 0.4 16 0.2 35 0.4 100 0.6
Gynecology Only 98 0.6 25 0.5 67 0.5 29 0.4 44 0.4 26 0.4 33 0.4 101 0.6
Hematology and Oncology 293 1.8 99 1.8 196 1.5 106 1.4 117 1.2 80 1.2 127 1.4 297 1.8
Infectious Diseases 146 0.9 65 1.2 108 0.8 71 0.9 79 0.8 59 0.9 77 0.9 154 0.9
Internal Medicine (General) 1,876 11.6 381 6.9 1,536 11.7 313 4.2 780 8.0 504 7.4 734 8.4 1,930 11.4
Nephrology 252 1.6 47 0.8 185 1.4 51 0.7 75 0.8 32 0.5 67 0.8 256 1.5
Neurological Surgery 109 0.7 45 0.8 75 0.6 45 0.6 69 0.7 33 0.5 67 0.8 111 0.7
Neurology 590 3.6 141 2.5 412 3.1 170 2.3 227 2.3 113 1.7 183 2.1 601 3.6
Obstetrics and Gynecology 557 3.4 227 4.1 370 2.8 592 7.9 309 3.2 229 3.4 219 2.5 636 3.8
Occupational Medicine 88 0.5 1 0.0 24 0.2 9 0.1 10 0.1 4 0.1 12 0.1 89 0.5
Ophthalmology 242 1.5 94 1.7 216 1.6 132 1.8 160 1.6 90 1.3 164 1.9 250 1.5
Orthopedic Surgery 565 3.5 217 3.9 527 4.0 236 3.2 337 3.4 190 2.8 352 4.0 584 3.5
Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine 16 0.1 2 0.0 14 0.1 10 0.1 11 0.1 5 0.1 8 0.1 16 0.1
Other Specialties 499 3.1 113 2.0 383 2.9 172 2.3 248 2.5 159 2.3 248 2.8 512 3.0
Other Surgical Specialties 23 0.1 8 0.1 15 0.1 11 0.1 14 0.1 9 0.1 9 0.1 26 0.2
Otolaryngology 196 1.2 130 2.3 182 1.4 146 2.0 167 1.7 113 1.7 144 1.6 202 1.2
Pathology 219 1.4 141 2.5 201 1.5 173 2.3 157 1.6 151 2.2 153 1.7 222 1.3
Pediatrics (General) 68 0.4 2 0.0 10 0.1 7 0.1 205 2.1 11 0.2 4 0.0 245 1.5
Pediatrics Subspecialties 147 0.9 32 0.6 16 0.1 82 1.1 181 1.8 18 0.3 21 0.2 273 1.6
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 165 1.0 21 0.4 136 1.0 27 0.4 112 1.1 29 0.4 71 0.8 168 1.0
Plastic Surgery 112 0.7 39 0.7 85 0.6 48 0.6 68 0.7 46 0.7 65 0.7 115 0.7
Preventive Medicine/Public Health 25 0.2 3 0.1 18 0.1 6 0.1 12 0.1 9 0.1 12 0.1 25 0.1
Psychiatry 659 4.1 73 1.3 407 3.1 213 2.8 261 2.7 283 4.2 226 2.6 683 4.0
Pulmonology 211 1.3 58 1.0 154 1.2 64 0.9 87 0.9 45 0.7 93 1.1 213 1.3
Radiation Oncology 103 0.6 39 0.7 83 0.6 13 0.2 50 0.5 33 0.5 61 0.7 104 0.6
Radiology 1,138 7.0 547 9.9 954 7.3 829 11.1 811 8.3 647 9.6 688 7.8 1,148 6.8
Rheumatology 93 0.6 15 0.3 60 0.5 30 0.4 36 0.4 12 0.2 39 0.4 93 0.6
Surgery (General) 434 2.7 281 5.1 362 2.8 243 3.2 317 3.2 228 3.4 295 3.4 439 2.6
Thoracic Surgery 105 0.6 36 0.7 77 0.6 14 0.2 44 0.4 31 0.5 42 0.5 106 0.6
Urology 189 1.2 87 1.6 160 1.2 74 1.0 99 1.0 51 0.8 98 1.1 194 1.1
Vascular Surgery 82 0.5 42 0.8 69 0.5 23 0.3 51 0.5 31 0.5 57 0.7 86 0.5
Total 16,168 100.0 5,532 100.0 13,094 100.0 7,480 100.0 9,808 100.0 6,766 100.0 8,767 100.0 16,873 100.0

Source: Indiana Physician License and Supplemental Survey Data, 2023
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