20 Statistics on Patient Visits for Key ASC Specialties

Here are 20 statistics on patient visits to physician offices for key ambulatory surgery center specialties, based on the Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2012.

Ophthalmologist
•    39 percent report spending 30 to 40 hours seeing patients per week
•    Around 35 percent report seeing patients for 40 to 50 hours per week
•    30 percent report seeing more than 125 patients per week (slightly less than in 2011)
•    Around 36 percent of ophthalmologists report spending nine to 12 minutes with patients on average

Gastroenterologist

•    23 percent report seeing patients for 30 to 40 hours per week
•    Around 38 percent report seeing patients for 41 to 50 hours per week
•    24 percent report seeing 50 to 70 patients per week while 35 percent report seeing 76 to 124
•    Around 60 percent report spending at least 17 minutes with each patient, on average

General surgery

•    24 percent report seeing patients for 41 to 50 hours per week
•    Another 19 percent report seeing patients for less than 30 hours per week, a significant increase over 2011
•    Around one-third reported having 25 to 49 patient visits per week, while slightly less than a third report 50 to 75 patient visits per week
•    Half of general surgeons reported spending nine to 16 minutes with patients on average

Orthopedist

•    Slightly more than 25 percent report spending 30 to 40 hours with patients per week
•    Another 27 percent report spending 41 to 50 hours seeing patients per week
•    Almost half of orthopedic surgeons report seeing 50 to 99 patients per week while around 20 percent report seeing 100 to 124 patients per week
•    62 percent of orthopedic surgeons report spending nine to 16 minutes with each patient on average

Urologist

•    Nearly 25 percent report spending 30 to 40 hours per week seeing patients, slightly higher than in 2011
•    36 percent of respondents report spending 41 to 50 hours with patients per week
•    46 percent report seeing 76 to 124 patients per week, while 20 percent report seeing 50 to 75 patients per week
•    37 percent report spending 13 to 16 minutes with each patient on average, while 38 percent report spending less than 13 minutes per patient

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