Tracking Report No. 15
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      Hours Spent on Direct Patient Care as a Percentage of Medically Related Activity Hours, 1995-2003 | 
 
|  
       Average Percent of Medically Related Activity Hours 
        Spent on Direct Patient Care 
     | 
     
       Percent Change 
     | 
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|  
       1995 
     | 
     
       1999 
     | 
     
       2003 
     | 
     
       1995 - 1999 
     | 
     
       1999-2003 
     | 
     
       1995-2003 
     | 
    < |
| All Patient Care Physicians |  
       81.0 
     | 
     
       86.4 
     | 
     
       86.3 
     | 
     
       6.6* 
     | 
     
       0.0 
     | 
     
       6.6* 
     | 
  
| Primary Care Physicians |  
       82.1 
     | 
     
       87.2 
     | 
     
       87.5 
     | 
     
       6.3* 
     | 
     
       0.3 
     | 
     
       6.6* 
     | 
  
| Specialists |  
       80.4 
     | 
     
       85.8 
     | 
     
       85.7 
     | 
     
       6.8* 
     | 
     
       -0.2 
     | 
     
       6.6* 
     | 
  
| Medical Specialists |  
       80.0 
     | 
     
       85.0 
     | 
     
       85.1 
     | 
     
       6.2* 
     | 
     
       0.1 
     | 
     
       6.4* 
     | 
  
| Surgical Specialists |  
       80.8 
     | 
     
       86.9 
     | 
     
       86.5 
     | 
     
       7.6* 
     | 
     
       -0.5 
     | 
     
       7.1* 
     | 
  
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       * Rate of change is statistically significant at p <.05.  | 
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