In 2024, there were a total of more than * active licensed physicians in the United States. Barring physicians in primary care, pediatrics was the next most common specialty, followed by emergency medicine, OB-GYN, anaesthesiology, and psychology. Meanwhile, there were only physicians specialized in hospice and palliative medicine.
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