Question

I have to say, much like the patients that took the survey in our discussion, if I continuously had to wait excess times at my doctors office, I would work on finding a new doctor's office. Considerably long wait times are unacceptable and very disrespectful of the patient's time. Building loyalty and trust is important in any relationship. Both of these traits help develop a good relationship between patients and doctors. The average doctor's exams lasts less than 20 minutes. Actually according to an article on PBS News Hour, it’s not unusual for primary care doctors’ appointments to be scheduled at 15-minute intervals. Some physicians who work for hospitals say they've been asked to see patients every 11 minutes. With that in mind, do you think patient wait times are so long?

Answer 1

According to my view patient waiting time is so long.

Due to changes in life style, behaviour , eating habits the diseases are increased , so patients are increased.

Then the time period is increased to consult a doctor .

And the wait times is also more.

Wait time directly implies on quality of care , organization of the hospital , quality of health professionals.

Wait time is often a part of service package rather the pre service.