The document summarizes key findings from a survey of 200 physicians on the importance of patient referrals. Some of the main results are:
- Nearly all (96%) physicians see at least one referred patient each week, with specialists seeing more referrals than primary care physicians.
- Referrals make up over half of new patients for 41% of practices. Specialist practices in particular generate more than half of new patients from referrals (65%).
- Larger practices with more than 20 physicians tend to get over half of their new patients from referrals.
- Physicians estimate the average lifetime revenue generated by one new patient is $4,553, with referrals valued highest in the East at