Annals of emergency medicine
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Comparative Study
National Study of the Emergency Physician Workforce, 2020.
We describe the current US emergency physician workforce. ⋯ Urban emergency physicians in 2020 remain substantially younger than rural emergency physicians, with many rural ones near the US retirement age. We did not observe a continued increase in the percentage of female physicians among emergency physicians. Given the ongoing demand for physicians in all US emergency departments, this analysis provides essential information for understanding the current emergency physician workforce and the challenges ahead.