Posted on August 13, 2009 23:42
Topics: Health Care Financing | Trends
Post Type: report
This report presents a survey, conducted by Merritt Hawkins and Associates, a health care consulting firm specializing in health care professional recruiting. The survey found that wait times for physician appointments have increased 8.6 days since 2004. The survey measured wait times for family medicine, cardiology, dermatology, obstetrics, and orthopedic surgery in 15 U.S. cities and found that the average wait time is now 20.5 days. Wait times in Boston were longest, averaging 49.6 days, while Atlanta had the lowest average wait time at 11.2 days.
Full Report: http://www.merritthawkins.com/pdf/mha2009waittimesurvey.pdf
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