Why Are Wait Times Longer in Veterinary Hospitals?

VCA Animal Hospitals has offered a document which has been created to share with clients to provide more information about veterinary healthcare, mental health and pet ownership. Highlights are given below

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​Pet Ownership is at an All-Time High

• 30% of Americans adopted a pet during the Pandemic

• 70% of all US households (90.5 million families) now own at least one pet

• This constitutes 388,000 additional households since 2019

Mental Health

​Burnout is on the Rise

• Veterinarians are listed as having one of the highest suicide rates

• 1 in 6 DVM's have contemplated suicide

• Pre-pandemic, 50% of veterinary technicians left the field after 5 years due to the toll of the job. This number is higher now

• 50% of veterinary receptionists have left the field since the start of the pandemic

• Burnout scores for all veterinary staff were 9.4% higher in 2021 than 2020

Fewer Veterinarians

​There is a National Shortage of Veterinarians

• 10,000 baby boomers retire daily: 1 in 3 US veterinarians is a boomer

• 32 US-accredited veterinary schools graduate just 3,200-3,700 new DVMs per year

• Each current DVM serves anywhere from 1,000 - 3,000 households

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