From the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Infectious Disease Manpower in the United States—1986. 1. Description of Infectious, Disease Physicians

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A survey designed to assess the number, type, and current practice patterns of all infectious disease (10) physicians active in the United States in 1986 was carried out in early 1987. Of 4328 mailed questionnaires, 48.3% were returned. One-third of respondents were in private practice, one-third in academics, and the rest in industry or government. Women accounted for 12.4% of the total; they were younger and as a group spent a greater proportion of total effort in ID. Sixty-five percent of all respondents had ⩾2 years training in 10. Overall, private practitioners worked longer hours than academicians but spent slightly less effort devoted solely to 10. The proportion of total effort devoted to ID has increased among physicians newly entering practice. Seventy-five percent of all respondents held a teaching appointment. Older ID physicians worked <5O h/week and tended to have more administrative than patient care responsibilities. In 1986, there were the equivalent of 1792 full-time 10 physicians in the United States or 1:134,000 population.

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