Hours per week seeing patients
1. Less than 30: 10 percent
2. Thirty to 45 hours: 49 percent
3. Forty-six to 55 hours: 23 percent
4. Fifty-six to 65 hours: 12 percent
5. More than 65 hours: 4 percent
Minutes spent per patient
6. Less than 9 minutes: 12 percent
7. Nine to 12 minutes: 36 percent
8. Thirteen to 16 minutes: 30 percent
9. Seventeen to 24 minutes: 19 percent
10. Twenty-five or more minutes: 3 percent
Hours spent on administrative work
11. Less than five hours: 12 percent
12. Five to nine hours: 28 percent
13. Ten to 19 hours: 43 percent
14. Twenty or more hours: 16 percent
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