Time U.S. physicians spent with each patient 2018

Amount of time U.S. primary care physicians spent with each patient as of 2018

The data illustrates the amount of time U.S. physicians spent with each patient, as of 2018. As of that year, 5% of U.S. physicians stated that they spend less than nine minutes with each of their patients. Most of the surveyed physicians - over 60% - stated that they spend between 13 and 24 minutes with each patient. More than half of the physicians said that they spend around 30-45 hours per week seeing patients.

Less than 9 minutes 5
9-12 minutes 22
13-16 minutes 29
17-24 minutes 33
25 or more minutes 11