RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Factors contributing to the length of general practice consultations
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 496
OP 498
VO 30
IS 217
A1 Norma V. Raynes
A1 Victoria Cairns
YR 1980
UL http://bjgp.org/content/30/217/496.abstract
AB Ten general practitioners in a study of general practice consultations were shown to differ significantly in the time they spent in their consultations. Patient demographic characteristics contributed little to differences in consultation time. Consultations in which (a) there was a diagnosis of psychological disorder, (b) the practitioner and the patients focused attention on psychosocial matters, and (c) psychotropic drugs were prescribed, were found to be associated with increased length of consultation time.