Proportion of Non–US-Born and Noncitizen Health Care Professionals in the United States in 2016 | Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology | JAMA | JAMA Network

Proportion of Non–US-Born and Noncitizen Health Care Professionals in the United States in 2016 | Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology | JAMA | JAMA Network

Nearly one-third of U.S. doctors are foreign-born

A new study of census data illustrates the important role that providers who weren’t born in the U.S. play in the American health care system. Nearly 30 percent of U.S. physicians were born in other countries, and nearly 7 percent aren’t U.S. citizens. The study also looked at people working in a wide range of other health care fields. Among the other findings: 16 percent of registered nurses and 23 percent of nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides were born outside the U.S.