Here are 11 statistics on orthopedic surgeon practice setting in the U.S., according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' 2012 Orthopaedic Surgeon Census.
Of the orthopedic surgeons included in the census:
• 44 percent are in a private practice orthopedic group
• 18 percent are in a solo private practice
• 9 percent are in a multispecialty private practice group
• 9 percent are in academic practice and receive their salary from the academic institution
• 9 percent practice at a hospital
• 3 percent are in academic practice and earn their salary from a private practice
• 2 percent are in military practice
• 2 percent are in practice with and receive their salary from an HMO
• 2 percent are in an other forms of practice
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