I don't know this first hand but a friend who consulted small medical practices for efficiency and profitability told me that to break even a primary care physician had to see minimum 32 patients a day. At 15 minutes per appointment that works out to eight hours. Most of my appointments with the Dr are 10 minutes or less. I don't know if they get paid for referrals to specialists or hospitalizations, that would be an interesting subject.
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