The average time it takes for patients to schedule a new appointment with physicians has increased 30 percent since 2014, according to a 2017 Merritt Hawkins survey.
Here are five statistics on how many days patients wait for specialty appointments in 15 major metro areas:
1. Cardiology: 21.1
2. Dermatology: 32.3
3. Obstetrics/gynecology: 26.4
4. Orthopedic surgery: 11.4
5. Family medicine: 29.3