Associationa between consultation duration and multimorbidity type and area deprivation
| Consultations ≥2 mins N= 1 258 919 | All consultations N= 1 522 128 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regression coefficient | CI | Regression coefficient | CI | |
| IMD | ||||
| Q1 (least deprived) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Q2 | −0.18 | (−0.23 to −0.12)e | −0.11 | (−0.17 to −0.06) |
| Q3 | −0.19 | (−0.25 to −0.14)e | −0.11 | (−0.17 to −0.06)f |
| Q4 | −0.29 | (−0.35 to −0.23)e | −0.22 | (−0.27 to −0.16)e |
| Q5 (most deprived) | −0.45 | (−0.51 to −0.38)e | −0.26 | (−0.32 to −0.19) |
| Multimorbidity type | ||||
| Not multimorbidb | Ref | Ref | ||
| Multimorbid — physical onlyc | 0.30 | (0.25 to 0.35)e | 0.19 | (0.14 to 0.24)e |
| Multimorbid — including a mental health conditiond | 0.47 | (0.42 to 0.53)e | 0.29 | (0.24 to 0.35)e |
↵a Three-level regression model (consultations nested within patients within practices) includes patient sex, age, number of consultations per year, GP trainee status, GP sex, urban–rural classification, multimorbidity type, and IMD.
↵b 0–1 long-term condition.
↵c ≥2 physical conditions and no mental health conditions.
↵d ≥2 conditions with ≥1 mental health condition.
↵e P<0.001.
↵f P<0.05. CI = confidence interval. IMD = Index of Multiple Deprivation. Q = quintile. Ref = the category against which the other categories are compared in the statistical model.