Primary Care Providers
The average primary care provider uses between 4,820 and 9,640 appointment cards a year! Sound like a lot? It is! Here's the quick math: Most primary care providers see between 25 and 40 patients per day. There are 261 working days in the year. We subtracted 10 days of PTO from that to get 241 working clinic days in the average provider year. Then we just multiplied the # of clinic days by the average daily patient volume! Here's a quick list for you to check your volume based on the average # of patients you see in clinic each day.
20 patients per day | 4,820 appointment cards per year
25 patients per day | 6,025 appointment cards per year
30 patients per day | 7,230 appointment cards per year
35 patients per day | 8,453 appointment cards per year
40 patients per day | 9,640 appointment cards per year
45 patients per day | 10,845 appointment cards per year
50 patients per day | 12,050 appointment cards per year
Surgeons & Other Procedure-Focused Specialists
The average surgeon goes through 3,500 to 6,000 appointment cards per year! Why is this different from primary care? Because surgeons can't be in clinic if they're in surgery! Let's do the math... Most surgeons see between 20 and 30 patients per day in clinic, and they have clinic 3 1/2 to 4 days per week. If each surgeon takes about 2 weeks of vacation a year, that equates to 175 clinic days per year for the surgeons who have clinic 3 1/2 days per week and 200 clinic days per year for the surgeons who have 4 clinic days per week. Here's a quick list you can use to predict your appointment card volume.
Clinic: 3 1/2 Days Per Week
20 patients per day = 3,500 appointment cards per year
25 patients per day = 4,375 appointment cards per year
30 patients per day = 5,250 appointment cards per year
35 patients per day = 6,125 appointment cards per year
Clinic: 4 Days Per Week
20 patients per day = 4,000 appointment cards per year
25 patients per day = 5,000 appointment cards per year
30 patients per day = 6,000 appointment cards per year
35 patients per day = 7,000 appointment cards per year
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