Let’s do a thought experiment. A clinician, without an effective team, has a panel of 2,000 patients who seek care 3 times a year. Demand for that clinician’s time is 2,000 × 3 or 6,000 visits per year. Let’s assume the clinician sees 20 patients per day and works 200 days per year (4 days per week, 50 weeks a year). Capacity is 20 × 200 or 4,000 visits per year. The clinician has a demand-capacity gap of 6,000 − 4,000 or 2,000 visits. Ideal panel size for that clinician would be panel size × 3 patient visits per year = 4,000, making ideal panel size 1,333. |