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THE STRUCTURE OF A
CONCIERGE MEDICAL
PRACTICE
• A random one-year survey of the findings related to the concierge medicine marketplace in
the US was performed. This summary of the survey of concierge medicine revealed that at the
end of 2017, 30% of all new patients enrolled in Concierge medicine, the most so far. Also, in
the U.S., concierge physicians operating practices were dispensing physicians able to dispense
their own medicine. The next most popular medical specialty in concierge medicine was a
family physician practice. This study also revealed that the number of concierge physicians,
dentists and pediatric practices increased markedly since February this year. Between 5000
and 20000 physicians were practicing concierge medicine. The gap is large as there are no
Federal Statistics recording concierge physicians and therefore it is difficult to estimate the
exact number presently.
• Concierge doctors started out as normal practicing physicians and later changed their
practices. The subject of missed appointments meant little, as a poll of concierge doctors
revealed that they have such a good relationship with their patients, that there were no
missed appointments to speak of.
• If a patient requires an urgent appointment with a physician there is a good chance he might
have to wait three/four weeks or more unless there is an emergency, in which case a hospital
visit may be needed. However, a concierge physician will respond almost immediately and
have been known to visit patients over a weekend. Private doctors do not operate on
weekends or on public holidays, however, if you have paid for your concierge doctor to be on
call twenty-four hours out of twenty-four, you will get this sort of service.