COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE

Since its beginning, AAHA has been committed to excellence. The founders were convinced that small animal practice was important and that it was necessary to provide better facilities and methods than generally were available. That philosophy is still alive and well as a guiding principle of AAHA today. It has helped stimulate and maintain the growth and development not only of the association, but of the practice of small animal medicine throughout the world.

Today AAHA is respected internationally for its dedication to professional development, for its hospital standards, its Guidelines and Initiatives and for the excellence of its education programs.

Our members also set themselves apart in a variety of ways. Here’s a look at how successful our accredited members are:

• Own more established practices than nonmembers, with an average of 28.2 years at their current locations
• Own larger practices, with an average number of 2.9 full-time-equivalent veterinarians vs. 1.9 for nonmembers
• Own practices with more support staff per veterinarian with 4.6 support staff per full-time equivalent veterinarian
• Have higher total revenue than nonmember practices, with an average of $1.5 million for 2005 vs. $776,000 for nonmembers
• Have higher average lab revenue as a percentage of total revenue with an average of 15.6% vs. 12.5% for nonmembers
• Have higher average imaging revenue as a percentage of total revenue, with an average of 4.8% vs. 3.1% for nonmembers
• Have higher average revenue per FTE veterinarian in 2005 with an average of $488,609 vs. $427,756 for nonmembers
• Have a higher average transaction charge, with an average of $105 vs. $93 for nonmembers

Source: Data collected for Financial & Productivity Pulsepoints, Fourth Edition, AAHA Press, published fall 2006.