Here are seven statistics on the average hours per week that orthopedic physicians spend seeing patients in the hospital, based on the Medscape Orthopedist Compensation Report: 2013 Results. Of the orthopedic physicians surveyed on the amount of time spent in the hospital with patients:
• 5 percent spend 20 to 24 hours per week
• 6 percent spend 15 to 19 hours per week
• 10 percent spend 25 hours or more per week
• 12 percent spend 10 to 14 hours
• 15 percent spend less than an hour
• 19 percent spend five to nine hours
• 33 percent spend one to four hours
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