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Why It Takes a Month to See a Doctor

WHY IT TAKES A MONTH TO SEE A DOCTOR // U.S. FACES SEVERE SHORTAGE OF PHYSICIANS ENDANGERED! STATE PERSONS PER WAIT TIMES (IN DAYS) FOR NEW PATIENTS TO SEE A PHYSICIAN, BY CITY PHYSICIAN 14.2 SEATTLE 19.8 MINNEAPOLIS 12.0 BOSTON 15.4 DETROIT 27.O 14.4 49.6 PORTLAND DENVER 24.2 19.2 DALLAS PHILADELPHIA 11.2 23.4 LOS ANGELES ATLANTA HOUSTON 15.4 MIAMI * U.S. AVERAGE :20.5 DAYS 133:1 WASHINGTON D.C. PHYSICIANS 221:1 ACCEPTING PATIENTS, MASSACHUSSETTS BY INSURANCETYPE 249:1 NEW YORK 523:1 WYOMING MEDICAID MEDICARE PRIVATELY 549:1 INSURED MISSISSIPPI 571:1 61% 84% IDAHO 43% NATIONAL PERCENTAGE OF PHYSICIANS ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS 2005 93.3% 2008 87.8% 2011 79.6% * ESTIMATE FOR 2011 COUNTRY PERSONS PER NATIONAL PERCENTAGE OF PHYSICIANS PHYSICIAN AVAILABLE TO NEW PATIENTS NON-ELDERLY W/PRIVATE INSURANCE 170:1= #1 63% NON-ELDERLY UNINSURED 17% CUBA #5 230:1 NON-ELDERLY MEDICAID 11% RUSSIA #32 390:1 U.S.A. by SÄ°gnature MD (www.signatureMD.com )

Why It Takes a Month to See a Doctor

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Doctors are fed up and either going solely into specialty care, or providing consultancies to large pharmaceutical companies or organizations like the American Cancer Association. Or bowing out of pra...

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