100 90 80 70 and non-medical practitioners ). Smaller percentages of respondents ’ primary practice occurred online ( 4.4 %, 69 out of 1571 ), in retail ( 3.3 %, 52 out of 1571 ), mobile / house calls ( 2.1 %, 33 out of 1571 ) and group private practice within a medical practice ( 1.6 %, 25 out of 1571 ). Ingestive Medicine had the highest percentage of respondents practising online ( 9.7 %, 51 out of 528 ) and in solo private practice ( 60.6 %, 320 out of 528 ). A total of 55.6 % ( 367 out of 660 ) of Physical Medicine respondents ’ primary practice was also solo private practice . Meanwhile , Physical Medicine respondents ( 14.6 %, 96 out of 660 ) and Registered Profession respondents ( 13.8 %, 21 out of 152 ) were most likely to work in group private practice with allied health practitioners .
Initial Consultations per Week Respondents were asked how many initial consultations ( new clients ) they conduct per week . Figure 3.4 shows that the majority ( 73.9 %, 1172 out of 1587 ) of all respondents had between 0-5 initial consultations per week . A total of 13.2 % ( 210 out of 1587 ) had 6-10 initial consultations per week and 7.6 % ( 121 out of 1587 ) had 11-20 initial consultations per week . Energetic Medicine respondents had the highest percentage ( 88.5 %, 23 out of 26 ) of initial consultations followed by 85.0 % ( 449 out of 528 ) in Ingestive Medicine .
Follow-up Consultations per Week Zero to five follow-up consultations per week were reported by 42.2 % ( 667 out of 1582 ) of respondents , followed by 24.7 % ( 390 out of 1582 ) with 6-10 follow-up consultations per week and 20.5 % ( 324 out of 1582 ) with 11-20 follow-ups per week . Registered Professionals had the highest percentage of follow-up consultations ; 27.0 % ( 41 out of 152 ) had 11-20 follow-up consultations per week , 17.1 % ( 26 out of 152 ) had 21-30 followups per week , 6.6 % ( 10 out of 152 ) had 31-40 , 5.3 % ( 8 out of 152 ) had 41-50 and 2.6 % ( 4 out of 152 ) had over 51 ( see Figure 3.5 ).
Percentage Percentage
60 50 40 30 20 10 0
70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
0-5 6-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 over 51 Number of Consultations
Physical Medicine Ingestive Medicine Energetic Medicine Registered Profession
Mind-body Medicine
Figure 3.4 Initial Consultations per Week by Discipline Category *
* Forty-seven respondents out of a total of 1441 who answered the question about initial consultations per week nominated their primary discipline as ‘ Other ’. This category has not been represented in Figure 3.4 .
0-5 6-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 over 51
Physical Medicine Energetic Medicine Mind-body Medicine
Figure 3.5 Gross Income by Discipline Category *
Follow-up Consultations per Week
Ingestive Medicine Registered Profession
* Forty-seven respondents out of a total of 1438 who answered the question about the number of follow-up consultations per week nominated their primary discipline as ‘ Other ’. This category has not been represented in Figure 3.5 .
Ideal consultations per week As suggested by Table 3.1 , many practitioners considered the ideal number of client consultations per week to be under 20 . The ideal number of consultations for 42.7 % ( 675 ) of all 1580 respondents was 11-20 per week .
A total of 31.7 % ( 500 out of 1580 ) of respondents wanted between 0-10 consultations per week and 21.5 % said that 20-40 consultations per week was ideal . Only 4.2 % or 66 out of all respondents wanted more than 40 consultations per week .
A total of 40.4 % ( 212 out of 525 ) of Ingestive Medicine respondents felt the ideal number of consultations was 0-10 per week , compared to 36.2 % ( 55 out of 152 ) of Registered Professionals , who wanted 20-40 consultations per week . Registered Professionals had the highest number of respondents ( 17.8 %, 27 out of 152 ) who stated the ideal number of clients was over 40 per week .
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