Here are the specialties ranked by how much of their time each week is spent on administrative tasks:
|
Specialty |
Hours worked a week |
Hours spent on paperwork and administration |
Percentage of hours taken up by administrative work |
|
Physical medicine and rehabilitation |
49.9 |
19 |
38% |
|
Family medicine |
48 |
17 |
35% |
|
Internal medicine |
51 |
18 |
35% |
|
Psychiatry |
46.6 |
16 |
34% |
|
Oncology |
52.6 |
18 |
34% |
|
Neurology |
53 |
18 |
34% |
|
Nephrology |
54.9 |
18 |
33% |
|
Diabetes and endocrinology |
48.9 |
16 |
33% |
|
Pediatrics |
47 |
15 |
32% |
|
Critical care |
57.7 |
18 |
31% |
|
Cardiology |
56.2 |
16 |
28% |
|
OB-GYN |
53.9 |
15 |
28% |
|
Otolaryngology |
52.4 |
14 |
27% |
|
Orthopedics |
52.9 |
14 |
26% |
|
General surgery |
57.4 |
15 |
26% |
|
Urology |
54.7 |
14 |
26% |
|
Dermatology |
44.2 |
11 |
25% |
|
Gastroenterology |
52.3 |
13 |
25% |
|
Radiology |
49.6 |
11 |
22% |
|
Ophthalmology |
45.3 |
10 |
22% |
|
Plastic surgery |
52.2 |
11 |
21% |
|
Anesthesiology |
51.8 |
9 |
17% |
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