Guest guest Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 Hi All- I've heard it takes 3 to 5 years for ANY business to become self-sustaining. To those of you who have been in practice longer than this - has this been your experience, or something different? I also heard it takes 2-3 years for an acupuncture practice to get to the point where you no longer need to do massive outreach - ie., all new patients come from referrals. And too, I've heard that this occurs after you have 200 patients in your database. Any comments? Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine 753 N. Main Street, Suite C-1 Cottonwood, AZ 86326 (928) 274-1373 FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 I have heard that as well. don't know if it is always TRUE though?? > < >Chinese Medicine >Chinese Medicine > demgraphics now timing >Sat, 29 Oct 2005 08:31:41 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > > > >Hi All- > > > > > > > >I've heard it takes 3 to 5 years for ANY business to become >self-sustaining. To those of you who have been in practice longer than >this - has this been your experience, or something different? I also heard >it takes 2-3 years for an acupuncture practice to get to the point where >you no longer need to do massive outreach - ie., all new patients come from >referrals. And too, I've heard that this occurs after you have 200 >patients in your database. Any comments? > > > > > > > > > > > >Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine > > > >753 N. Main Street, Suite C-1 > > > >Cottonwood, AZ 86326 > > > >(928) 274-1373 > > > > > > > > FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 wrote: > Hi All- > I've heard it takes 3 to 5 years for ANY business to become > self-sustaining. To those of you who have been in practice longer > than this - has this been your experience, or something different? I > also heard it takes 2-3 years for an acupuncture practice to get to > the point where you no longer need to do massive outreach - ie., all > new patients come from referrals. And too, I've heard that this > occurs after you have 200 patients in your database. Any comments? Hi Andrea! I think it varies. There is a guy in town running full page ads for 20 years, now - oh, maybe only 15 but you get the idea. He also spent a lot of money on his waiting room, maybe over $100,000. He is also a very good doctor. I have been open for the better part of 4 years and I have only two permanent patients, the rest come and go. Granted, there is not a whole lot that absolutely *needs* to be done with the ones who come and go. Regards, Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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