Specialist growth
Since 2005, the number of high-risk specialists in Texas has grown by 60 percent, well over the 21-percent growth in population. Several high-risk specialties have more than doubled their ranks.
20,000 19,000 18,000 17,000 16,000 15,000 14,000 13,000 12,000 11,000 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0
May 2005 May 2016
change 60%
134% change
381% change
Pediatric Subspecialists
Emergency Medicine
change 58% change 122%
Vascular Surgery
change 39%
Cardiology Anesthesiology Neurosurgery Obstetrics- Gynecology
Orthopedic Surgery
change 43% change 22% change 21% change 8%
Cardiovascular/ Thoracic Surgery
Total
Source: Texas Alliance for Patient Access. Physician data from the Texas Medical Board, Physician Demographics by County/Specialty. Population data from the Texas Department of State Health Services
Fifty-three Texas counties that didn’t have an emergency medicine physician in 2003 now have at least one, including 44 rural counties. Source: Texas Medical Board Physician Demographics
10,354
Increase in physicians with in-state licenses from 2003 to 2016 over what can be accounted for by population growth
Source: Texas Medical Board Physician Demographics September 2016 TEXAS MEDICINE 9
A look at key court decisions that have upheld medical tort reform in Texas:
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