The Lone Private Practice

Doctors office with empty share representing the decline of self-employed physicians

The number of self-employed physicians has been declining for years — but why, and at what cost? Fact checked by Derick Wilder   Farah Khan, MD, has been a private-practice physician for 19 years. At 52, she says most young doctors aren’t interested in running their own practice. By contrast, working in a hospital means […]