HOW BIG IS the average size of a hospitalist group? Data from the 2023 Today’s Hospitalist Compensation & Career Survey found that for hospitalists who treat adults, average groups have 25.7 physicians and 6.7 nonphysician clinicians like NPs and PAs.
Here’s a look at average hospitalist group size by different types of practice, including region, employment model, and academic vs. nonacademic:
Patient type
Adult hospitalists: 25.7 physicians, 6.7 nonphysician clinicians
Pediatric hospitalists: 12.7 doctors, 1.7 nonphysician clinicians
Nonacademic vs. academic practice
Nonacademic: 24.2 physicians, 5.4 nonphysician clinicians
Academic: 30.7 physicians, 8.8 nonphysician clinicians
Type of group
Hospital/hospitalist corporation: 27.7 physicians, 7.4 nonphysician clinicians
Local hospitalist group: 20.3 physicians, 4.0 nonphysician clinicians
Primary care/multispecialty: 27.3 physicians, 4.8 nonphysician clinicians
National hospitalist management company: 14.7 physicians, 3.2 nonphysician clinicians
University/medical school: 40.3 physicians, 16.9 nonphysician clinician
Region
Northeast: 29.2 physicians, 11.1 nonphysician clinicians
South: 23.0 physicians, 6.1 nonphysician clinicians
Midwest: 23.1 physicians, 6.3 nonphysician clinicians
Mountain: 24.9 physicians, 4.9 nonphysician clinicians
Southwest: 17.6 physicians, 3.8 nonphysician clinicians
Pacific: 32.5 physicians, 2.3 nonphysician clinicians
For more on hospitalist groups – productivity, shift work, compensation – see our survey results.
