Slideshow: A Week in the Life of a Family Physician

Hours worked per week: 5933 hours in direct, face-to-face patient contact; 13 hours on EHR entry; 3 hours on prior authorization; 3 hours on supervision of NPs/PAs; and 7 hours on other non-face-to-face patient care tasks and nonclinical tasks

Hours worked per week during vs. after clinic hours: 45 hours during clinic; and 14 hours after clinic

Patient encounters per week: 8463 in the office; 12 e-vists; 7 in the hospital; 2 in the nursing home or house calls

Average patient panel size: 2,085Panel size was defined as patients attributed to you and seen in the last 24 months. Male physicians had a higher mean (2,464) vs. female physicians (1,627). Physicians in groups (2,839) and self/majority owners (2,288) had higher means vs. physicians in hospitals (1,948) and other settings (1,328).

Median FTE employees: 194 Physicians, 1 PA/NP, 1 Care manager/coordinator, 0 Behavioral specialists, 7 Clinical support staff, 4 Nonclinical support staff (Note: These numbers do not match the total due to rounding. The mean FTE for total employees is 47 due to reporting of larger practices.)

Mean annual compensation: $232,000This is an increase from the prior year's mean of $200,000. About one in five family physicians (20%) make $150,000 or less, and three in ten (30%) make more than $250,000.

Source: AAFP 2020 Practice Profile Survey.