Consultation length | | | | | | |
All, N | 3.65 | 100 | 2.52 | 100 | – | – |
Duration missing or zero, mean | 0.21 | 5.9 | 0.13 | 5.2 | – | – |
Standard length (1–10 minutes), mean | 2.17 | 59.5 | 1.32 | 52.6 | – | – |
Long length (>10 minutes), mean | 1.27 | 34.7 | 1.06 | 42.2 | – | – |
Patients with >1 long consultation (>10 minutes), N | 7566 | 51.3 | 38 880 | 45.1 | 1.33 (1.28 to 1.39) | 0.73 (0.69 to 0.77) |
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Continuity of care | | | | | | |
All, N | 9167 | 100 | 42 135 | 100 | – | – |
Patients with >50% of consultations with same doctor,b N | 3962 | 43.2 | 20 673 | 49.1 | 0.77 (0.73 to 0.81) | 0.77 (0.73 to 0.82) |
Continuity of care by number of consultations | | | | | | |
>50% with same doctor, 2–5 total consultations only,c N | 2690 | 45.6 | 14 851 | 49.0 | – | – |
>50% with same doctor, 6–11 total consultations only,c N | 975 | 39.4 | 4713 | 48.7 | – | – |
>50% with same doctor, 12 total consultations only,c N | 297 | 37.7 | 1109 | 52.1 | – | – |