Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) May 17, 2013

The Concierge Medicine Research Collective, an independent health care research and data depository of the concierge and direct primary care industry's trade publication, Concierge Medicine Today based in Atlanta, GA released a 3-year summary of its analysis on the popularity and growth of the concierge medicine and direct primary care marketplace. They asked physicians from across the U.S. from December 2009 to December 2012 questions pertaining to their concierge medicine and direct primary care practice, patient satisfaction, business strategies, revenues and more. The analysis revealed the following results:

"Our analysis looked at concierge medicines growth, the business models used, popular trends, and a wide variety of physician surveys, interviews and secure polling data on a lot of aspects pertaining to the average [concierge and direct primary care] practice, said Michael Tetreault, Editor-In-Chief of Concierge Medicine Today. These doctors [internal medicine and family] are by choice and nature, treating nearly 90% of every patients healthcare concerns, ailments and concerns each year. For over a decade now, concierge medicine has had a love-hate relationship with the public. The public loves the idea or loathes it. However, if they truly understand it, theres nothing that quite compares to it. Its an educational curve were overcoming in the marketplace on a national level with analysis and education like this.

The analysis also found that there are currently four states that have a huge lead in the amount of active concierge physicians in practice and consumers seeking their care. Florida, California, Pennsylvania and Virginia each have a significant number of people (most over age 50) seeking out concierge and direct primary care doctors and there is, fortunately, a sizeable number of concierge physicians to serve them.

While the number of physicians entering concierge medical practices needs to increase, more geographic coverage needs to happen, says Tetreault. We're finding that the number of patients who are seeking concierge medical care is far greater than the actual number of primary care and family practice doctors available to serve them. This data, as well as other studies, tells us that it is extremely difficult to find a concierge or direct primary care doctor in rural areas such as Idaho, North and South Dakota, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Hampshire and others. Often times, were learning that there are less than half-a-dozen practitioners to serve an entire state.

The analysis also found that three out of every eight concierge doctors that are incorporating unique anti-aging and medical home solutions into their practice across the U.S. from 2012 to 2013 are seeing their patients nearly two to three times more each year than a traditional concierge and direct primary care practice.

Since the election in November 2012, weve seen a tremendous increase in the amount of interest, inquiries and physician searches across the U.S. People are concerned about the Affordable Care Act, access to their physician and unsure about costs, add Tetreault. Doctors are adapting. Theyre hearing from their patients about whats successful and learning exactly whats appealing to their audience and local patients. Most doctors are communicating daily, weekly and monthly -- with the majority of patients in a concierge medicine and direct primary care clinic and the outcomes are proving to be beneficial year after year.

Financially, the three year analysis asked doctors How is your practice performing financially year-after-year with concierge medicine and direct primary care patients? Surprisingly, physicians across the U.S. show improvement each since 2008 year -- despite the countrys slow economic recovery.

Until just recently, people mostly based choosing a doctor on the personal recommendation of a trusted friend or relative. Now with the advent of social media, word of mouth marketing is changing from a spoken word referral to a social media link referral. To find a concierge medicine or direct care doctor near you, Concierge Medicine Today has created an iTunes and Android App, Concierge Doc, a free App and search engine resource to find and learn about concierge medicine and direct primary care in your area available at http://www.ConciergeMedicineToday.com.

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