> I won't be able to see the latter until late January 2025
Where are you? This is unusual.
In America, the "average wait time for a [cardiologist, dermatologist, og/gyn, orthopedic surgery or family medicine] appointment for the 15 large metro markets surveyed in 2022 is 26.0 days" [1]. In Canada, the "median national wait time 1 was 78 days," with wait ime "defined as the period between a patient’s referral by a family physician to a specialist and the visit with said specialist" [2].
Broadly speaking, American medical wait times are quite good, particularly for specialists [3]. But PCPs/capita vary greatly from state to state [4].
Where are you? This is unusual.
In America, the "average wait time for a [cardiologist, dermatologist, og/gyn, orthopedic surgery or family medicine] appointment for the 15 large metro markets surveyed in 2022 is 26.0 days" [1]. In Canada, the "median national wait time 1 was 78 days," with wait ime "defined as the period between a patient’s referral by a family physician to a specialist and the visit with said specialist" [2].
Broadly speaking, American medical wait times are quite good, particularly for specialists [3]. But PCPs/capita vary greatly from state to state [4].
[1] https://www.wsha.org/wp-content/uploads/mha2022waittimesurve...
[2] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7292524/
[3] https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/health-ca...
[4] https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/rankings-and-ratings/s...