The average visit with the doctor is 10 to 12 minutes. Some say with new residents, now it's as low as eight minutes. That's barely enough time to say hello and write a prescription. It's just, ''What's the symptom? What drug can I prescribe to suppress that symptom?'' And so, I realized that most healthcare is self-care, as you said, like at least...
The average visit with the doctor is 10 to 12 minutes. Some say with new residents, now it's as low as eight minutes. That's barely enough time to say hello and write a prescription. It's just, ''What's the symptom? What drug can I prescribe to suppress that symptom?'' And so, I realized that most healthcare is self-care, as you said, like at least 80%, if not 90% of healthcare happens outside of doctor's offices, even the functional medicine doctor's office}.
-Dr. Mark Hyman, The Doctors Pharmacy