Physician Certification Pattern Review, 2024 Annual Report 3 II. Trends in Physician Certifications Table 2 and Figure 3 show the growth in number of physician certifications, individual patients and qualified physicians. Patient counts reflect distinct counts, though patients may have more than one certification in each time period. Table 2: Growth in physician certifications for medical marijuana use. FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 Percent Change FY 2022 to FY 2023 Certifications 921,464 1,142,172 1,315,123 15% ↑ Individual Patients 607,220 757,600 859,026 13% ↑ Qualified Physicians with Certifications 1,656 1,725 1,742 1% ↑ All Qualified Physicians 2,429 2,144 2,312 8% ↑ Figure 3. Number of physician certifications and distinct patient counts in FY 2021, FY 2022 and FY 2023. Table 3 provides information on how certification counts can vary by qualified physician. Only qualified physicians who have issued physician certifications during the time periods for the three data sets are included. The number of certifications has increased more than the number of qualified physicians issuing certifications, as can be seen in the average number of certifications per physician and the range in number of certifications per physician. This is illustrated in the three pie charts in Figure 4 and Figure 5.
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