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THE 2023 OTOLARYNGOLOGY WORKFORCE

HIRING, TRAINING, AND RETENTION

TABLE 6.2: Reasons for Hiring APPs by Practice Type

Advanced Practice Providers

Nonacademic Hospital

Overall

Academic

Private MSG Private SSG Solo Practice

Patient access

84%

85%

89%

83%

78%

84%

Improve productivity

60%

61%

74%

73%

72%

66%

Cover clinic while out of the office

26%

48%

56%

52%

81%

41%

Provide better care

36%

36%

35%

32%

42%

35%

Enable a more rewarding practice Ease documentation burdens Physician recruitment difficulty Financial analysis yielded higher income

28%

22%

38%

40%

39%

32%

27%

30%

19%

24%

19%

25%

12%

34%

26%

33%

44%

23%

9%

7%

30%

34%

36%

20%

-

-

2%

1%

Hospital coverage/Call

1%

6%

-

-

-

1%

General ENT triage

1%

3%

Help with residents/ residency

-

-

-

-

1%

1%

-

-

1%

OR support

1%

1%

2%

-

-

-

-

3%

<1%

Follow-up care

-

-

-

-

1%

<1%

Burnout/Quality of life

-

-

-

-

<1%

Patient navigator

<1%

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