KevinMD September 7, 2024
Can you imagine if you were shopping online and placing an order took eight hours? What if your order took 26 days to arrive? Sadly, this is the current state of many Americans’ struggles to schedule their doctors’ appointments. We, as physicians, can do better.
Americans are spending an average of eight hours a month managing their health care and are waiting 26 days to see a new doctor in many big cities. In 2020, nearly 44 percent of adults in the United States said they skipped or delayed care—not surprising, considering the many barriers to care. Even more distressing, nearly 100 million Americans don’t even have a primary care doctor. Perhaps it’s just too much hassle for some patients...
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