Annual number of days rheumatologists provided clinical activity.
| Year | Any Type of Patient Encounter 1 | Patient Assessments Only 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual No. Days with Any Type of Patient Encounter, Median (IQR) | Rheumatologists with At Least 3 Patient Encounters on At Least 209 Days per Year 3, n (%) | Annual No. Days with Patient Assessments, Median (IQR) | Rheumatologists with At Least 3 Patient Assessments on At Least 209 Days per Year 3,4, n (%) | |
| 2000 | 231 (193–257) | 78 (53) | 220 (178–243) | 67 (46) |
| 2001 | 227 (191.5–255.5) | 75 (49) | 216 (169–237) | 61 (40) |
| 2002 | 226 (192–255) | 77 (50) | 210.5 (168–238) | 63 (41) |
| 2003 | 224.5 (187–251) | 78 (53) | 209 (165–233) | 66 (45) |
| 2004 | 222 (182–250) | 77 (52) | 203.5 (160.5–229) | 62 (42) |
| 2005 | 222 (175–251) | 73 (48) | 202 (151–234) | 57 (38) |
| 2006 | 218 (171–251) | 72 (47) | 195.5 (157–231) | 53 (34) |
| 2007 | 210 (166–248) | 69 (45) | 189 (143–224) | 49 (32) |
| 2008 | 209.5 (164–246.5) | 67 (43) | 189.5 (150–223) | 46 (30) |
| 2009 | 206.5 (161.5–244) | 64 (40) | 182.5 (142.5–218) | 43 (27) |
| 2010 | 206 (161–244) | 68 (42) | 182 (145–214) | 42 (26) |
| 2011 | 207.5 (155–241.5) | 73 (42) | 178 (134–219) | 46 (26) |
| 2012 | 207 (156–243) | 63 (36) | 175 (137–209) | 34 (19) |
| 2013 | 208 (157–250) | 72 (39) | 176 (138–213) | 40 (22) |
| 2014 | 204 (165–248) | 71 (39) | 177 (137–212) | 42 (23) |
| 2015 | 205.5 (159–253) | 75 (39) | 180 (137–208) | 43 (22) |
↵1 Any type of patient encounter includes inpatient, outpatient assessments, and non–face-to-face encounters.
↵2 Patient assessments include only face-to-face patient assessments.
↵3 Denominator is the total no. active rheumatologists within each year (see Supplementary Figure 1 for denominators, available with the online version of this article).
↵4 See Supplementary Figure 3, comparing different criteria of the no. daily patient assessments. IQR: interquartile range.