This may be a bit specific to the US healthcare - just as a warning. I have been digging into the UnitedHealthcare (UNH) price transparency data, which includes the list of in-network healthcare providers. Using the data, I wanted to explore the profile of the UNH-contracted providers, specifically the Nurse Practitioner (NP) and Family Medicine Doctor (MD) ratio across the counties. It looks like some counties have four or five times more NPs than MDs; many of those counties are located in states that provide more independence to NPs. For the context, some states, such as Arizona and Tennessee, allow NPs to independently see patients without MDs’ supervision. I also see Atlanta (where I live) has somewhat a high ratio of NP. For the last few times I went to see clinicians, they are either PAs or NPs, and now it kinda makes sense. The provider landscape seems to be changing! https://observablehq.com/d/026bbeb3e5c58e17