|Articles|October 22, 2010
The ever-expanding workweek
Most primary care physicians worked longer hours last year than they did in 2008, but saw about the same number of patients.
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Key Points
Family physicians and general practitioners saw fewer patients in 2009, whereas the numbers stayed nearly the same for pediatricians and ob/gyns. Internists, on the other hand, saw their workloads increase by 4 visits per week to a median of 101, placing them right behind family physicians and general practitioners, who reported medians of 102 per week.
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