{"id":18339,"date":"2024-06-27T14:23:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T19:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zocdoc.com\/resources\/blog\/article\/\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T14:23:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T19:23:13","slug":"are-you-keeping-up-with-patient-demand-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zocdoc.com\/resources\/blog\/article\/are-you-keeping-up-with-patient-demand-in-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Keeping Up With Patient Demand in San Francisco?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patient search volume is rising in the San Francisco metro area, and now is the time for health care providers to take advantage.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>SAN FRANCISCO\u2019S GOLDEN GROWTH<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From June 2023 to May 2024, search volume performance in the San Francisco area outpaced the rest of the nation by 22%<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within the San Francisco metro area, San Mateo, San Francisco, and Marin counties have seen the strongest search volume growth (54%, 39%, and 15%, respectively).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you know?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Mateo and San Francisco counties have 58% of the top zip codes with unmet demand* in the San Francisco metro area. The top three zip codes with unmet demand are all in Alameda county (94612, 94536, and 94703).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Zocdoc uses a proprietary method to calculate unmet demand, comparing the ratio of searches (demand) to near-term bookable providers (supply) in a given geographic area.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h2>THE BAY AREA\u2019S HOTTEST SPECIALTIES<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patients in the San Francisco metro area are overwhelmingly searching for primary care providers. The specialties that saw the greatest increase in searches YoY compared to the rest of the state included:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Primary Care: +72%<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mental Health: +31%<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ophthalmology: +30%<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ENT: +14%<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any time we see trends like this at Zocdoc, we dig in deeper. Get to know your patient base, both current and potential. We\u2019ve got all the insights into the types of Zocdoc patients booking in the San Francisco metro area \u2014 including how and why they\u2019re so valuable to providers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>YOUNG \u2026<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Younger patients are driving the most demand in the San Francisco metro area, with 38% percent in their 20s and 38% in their 30s. This is close to the national average of 37% for patients in their 20s.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provider type<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patients in their 20s<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patients in their 30s<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patients in their 40s<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overall<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">38%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">38%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ob-gyn<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">42%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">39%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mental Health<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">34%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">41%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dermatology<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">41%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">38%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Primary Care<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">38%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">39%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Urgent Care<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">36%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">43%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>INSURED \u2026<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ninety-one percent \u2014 an overwhelming majority of San Francisco metro area bookings on Zocdoc \u2014 are made with commercial insurance. Between June 2023 and May 2024 we saw patients with insurance book 94% of ob-gyn appointments, 92% of ophthalmology appointments, and 91% of optometry, primary care, and dermatology appointments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>AND NEW.<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eighty-three percent of bookings in the San Francisco metro area are new patient bookings. These patients are extremely valuable since the data also shows <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zocdoc.com\/resources\/blog\/article\/which-patients-are-the-most-loyal\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">new patients want to become loyal, long-term patients<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Bringing in new patients who return again and again drives the greatest revenue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The top 5 specialties with new patient bookings in the San Francisco metro area included:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mental Health: 90%<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dental: 89%<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Urgent Care: 88%<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dermatology: 86%<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ophthalmology: 85%<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The San Francisco metro area presents a golden opportunity for healthcare professionals. Reach out to our enterprise sales representatives today to learn more about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zocdoc.com\/about\/enterprise\/?utm_medium=organicpro&amp;utm_source=TheScript&amp;utm_campaign=TheScript\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how you can take advantage of San Francisco&#8217;s high patient demand<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You can also request a custom search and booking analysis that shows unmet demand specific to your region and specialty.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patient search volume is rising in the San Francisco metro area, and now is the time for health care providers to take advantage. 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