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Practice Characteristics of the United States General Radiologist Workforce: Most Generalists Work as Multispecialists

. 2020 May;27(5):715-719. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2020.02.019. Epub 2020 Mar 28. Practice Characteristics of the United States General Radiologist Workforce: Most Generalists Work as Multispecialists

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY 10016. Electronic address: Andrew.Rosenkrantz@nyulangone.org.
² Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences Emory, University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

PMID: 32234273
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2020.02.019

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Practice Characteristics of the United States General Radiologist Workforce: Most Generalists Work as Multispecialists

Andrew B Rosenkrantz et al. Acad Radiol. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;27(5):715-719. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2020.02.019. Epub 2020 Mar 28. Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY 10016. Electronic address: Andrew.Rosenkrantz@nyulangone.org.
² Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences Emory, University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

PMID: 32234273
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2020.02.019

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Abstract

Rationale and objectives: While subspecialty radiologists' practice patterns have received recent attention, little is known about the practice patterns of general radiologists. We aim to characterize this group (which represents most US radiologists).

Materials and methods: US radiologists' individual work efforts were assessed using the 2017 Medicare Provider and Other Supplier Public Use File and a previously validated wRVU-weighted claims-based classification system. Using prior criteria, radiologists without >50% work efforts in a single subspecialty were deemed generalists. For this study, a >25% subspecialty work effort threshold was deemed a subspecialty "focus area," and generalists with ≥2 subspecialty focus areas were deemed "multispecialists." Practice characteristics were summarized using various parameters.

Results: Among 12,438 radiologists meeting existing claims-based criteria to be deemed generalists, 85.0% had ≥2 subspecialty focus areas of >25% work effort (i.e., multispecialists), 14.6% had one focus area, and 0.4% had no focus area. The fraction of generalists meeting multispecialist criteria was similar across radiologists' years in practice (range 84.7% to 85.4%), academic vs. nonacademic status (84.9% to 86.6%), and practice size (83.3% to 87.0%). Although general radiologist multispecialization varied geographically, a majority were multispecialists in all states (range 57.6% in VT to 93.9% in WY) and percentages were not associated with state-level population density (r = 0.013; p = 0.926).

Conclusion: The large majority of US general radiologists practice as multispecialists, and nearly all have at least one subspecialty focus area. The predominance of general radiologists' multispecialty focus across various practice types and locations supports their role in facilitating patient access to a range of radiologist subspecialties.

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