Summary of Primary Care Time Requirements for 10 Chronic Diseases, Assuming the Disease is Stable and in Good Control
| Disease | Number of Cases | Visits Per Year | Minutes Per Visit | Minutes Per Disease Per Year | Hours Per Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Note: Patients with more than 1 of the 10 diseases appear more than once. Summary of time assuming that the disease is “stable,” “in control,” “at goal,” or “in maintenance phase.” | |||||
| COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CAD = coronary artery disease. | |||||
| Hyperlipidemia | 511 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 170 |
| Hypertension | 472 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 157 |
| Depression | 118 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 92 |
| Asthma | 183 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 61 |
| Diabetes | 145 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 48 |
| Arthritis | 381 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 127 |
| Anxiety | 279 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 107 |
| Osteoporosis | 140 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 23 |
| COPD | 131 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 22 |
| CAD | 120 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Total hours per year | 828 | ||||
| Total hours per work day | 3.5 | ||||