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Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture 2012

Table 3-3. Number of Medical Offices by Specialty

Specialty Number of Medical Offices Specialty Number of Medical Offices
Allergy/Immunology 63 Neurology 51
Anesthesiology 16 Nuclear Medicine 2
Cardiology 100 OB/GYN or GYN 158
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 20 Ophthalmology 41
Dermatology 48 Orthopedics 90
Diagnostic Radiology 16 Otolaryngology 42
Emergency Medicine 17 Pathology—Anatomic/Clinical 4
Endocrinology/Metabolism 50 Pediatrics 165
Family Practice/Family Medicine 437 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 23
Forensic Pathology 1 Psychiatry 76
Gastroenterology 56 Public Health & Rehabilitation 6
General Practice 45 Pulmonary Medicine 45
General Preventive Medicine 22 Radiology 38
General Surgery 63 Rheumatology 40
Geriatrics 34 Surgery (All) 55
Hematology/Oncology 53 Urology 43
Internal Medicine 245 Vascular Medicine 16
Medical Genetics 3 Other specialty 155
Nephrology 39    

Note: The total number of medical offices will not necessarily sum to 934 as some medical offices may categorize themselves as more than one type of specialty.

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