re: Patients per week

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

 

I'm just reading over some of the last few forum meesages and was

wondering what is the average number of patients people here see.

 

I currently see 35 to 40 patients a week, and charge between 50 and 60

euro per session, I suppose about 75-80 dollars. I have a nice clinic

with one consultation room and a treatment room attached. Most of my

acupuncture friends average 40 - 60 patients per week with 2 - 3

treatment rooms.

 

I was just interested in finding out what the norm is, and if its

lower, why. I would also like to hear what different ways people

attract clients.

 

Regards,

 

Gordon.

[Guest guest]

Hi Gordon,

 

I am seeing about 30 patients a week and I charge app. 60 euro/80 dollars

per session (to my knowledge I am the most expensive acupuncturist around

) and have a wait list of app 2-3 weeks. I am not seeing patients on

wednesdays and on weekends - I keep wednesdays free for administrative work,

studying and writing.

 

Acupuncturists in this area are averageing 35-50 Euro/45-65 dollars pr.

treatment with somewhere between 2 and EIGHT treatment rooms pr. one

practitioner.

 

I have a single consultation/treatment room and a small waiting room.

 

I prefer the one treatment room, one-hour-per-client approach since I work

actively with my patients doing a dynamic mixture of classical acupuncture,

TuiNa massage and awareness excersizes (verbalisations, visualitions and

more). It is only on rare occassions that i leave the needles in. I will

ALWAYS assign homework to patients and spend a bit of time, especially on

the initial session, to teach how it's done properly.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Thomas (Denmark)

 

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