I am so pleased that someone has done this study. How Much Time Do Physicians Spend Providing Care Outside of Office Visits?

By using the information recorded by physicians in an academic geriatrics practice, the authors estimate that providers spent an additional 6.7 minutes providing care outside of every 30-minute office visit, which amounted to an estimated extra 7.8 hours of clinical work per week for a full-time provider.

Since this study comes from a geriatric practice, I suspect that other generalists would have slightly different results. Regardless, the point here is that our current reimbursement system is not inclusive. This extra time is one major source of frustration among generalists.