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Table 1 Office visits per doctor per day for general/family physicians and core specialty physician categories in IMSS, ISSSTE and SSA, 2000–2008

Year	IMSS					ISSSTE					SSA
Year	General/family physicians	Surgeons	Obstetricians	Paediatricians	Internists	General/familyphysicians	Surgeons	Obstetricians	Paediatricians	Internists	General/family physicians	Surgeons	Obstetricians	Paediatricians	Internists
2000	18.7	6.9	8.6	2.1	4.7	13.1	3.5	1.1	2.4	1.7	15.4	1.7	2.7	2.1	2.3
2001	18.6	3.2	3.1	1.2	2.9	17.0	1.3	1.2	2.7	1.7	16.0	1.7	2.8	2.2	3.4
2002	18.6	3.2	3.0	1.2	3.0	16.4	1.3	1.2	2.6	2.2	16.7	1.8	2.8	2.3	3.6
2003	17.9	3.1	2.9	1.0	2.8	18.6	1.0	1.2	2.1	1.9	17.2	1.8	2.8	2.1	3.4
2004	19.0	3.0	2.9	1.1	2.9	16.2	1.0	1.1	2.0	1.8	16.5	1.9	2.7	2.1	2.7
2005	17.9	2.3	4.0	1.0	2.1	15.3	1.4	1.1	2.2	1.5	17.4	2.1	3.0	2.4	3.4
2006	17.7	2.1	2.7	1.0	2.8	15.1	0.9	1.0	2.6	1.4	16.0	2.0	2.8	2.2	3.0
2007	18.7	2.4	2.7	1.0	2.8	15.2	1.0	1.0	2.7	1.4	14.0	1.9	2.6	2.0	2.7
2008	18.9	2.4	2.6	1.0	2.8	15.1	0.9	1.1	2.9	1.4	13.6	2.0	2.7	2.0	2.8

Note: productivity estimates include only general and specialty office visits, based on 252 workdays per year.
Source: Secretaría de Salud-SINAIS. Boletín de Información Estadística, 2000–2008.
SSA Ministry of Health, IMSS Mexican Institute of Social Security, ISSSTE Institute of Services and Social Security for State Workers.

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