Sports medicine specialists are the least common musculoskeletal specialists nationwide, with one specialist per every 100,000 U.S. patients, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges' recently launched interactive online dashboard.
The U.S. Physician Workforce Data Dashboard, launched Nov. 17, combines data previously published in two separate AAMC publications: the Physician Specialty Data Report and the State Physician Workforce Data Report.
The number of active physicians per 100,000 patients across five musculoskeletal specialties:
1. Sports medicine (orthopedic surgery): 1.0
2. Sports medicine: 1.1
3. Pain medicine and pain management: 2.0
4. Neurology: 4.4
5. Orthopedic surgery: 5.8