The brief included data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. The average 2009–10 response rate was 60 percent.
Here are five key findings from the brief:
• Annual visits per generalist physician were 30 percent higher than visits per specialty physician.
• Seventy-one percent of specialty physicians reported accepting new Medicaid patients whereas only 65 percent of generalist physicians reported doing the same.
• Seventy percent of generalist physicians spent 31 hours or more per week providing direct patient care as compared to 61 percent of specialty physicians.
• A greater percentage of generalist physicians — 40 percent — worked evening and weekend hours than specialty physicians who did the same — 19 percent.
• Eighty-two percent of generalist physicians reported setting aside time for same-day appointments as compared to 49 percent of specialty physicians.
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