Table 3.
Mean (SD) general practitioner, nurse, and total time per patient by final point of contact for patients managed by standard management or triage
| Final point of contact
|
No of patients
|
Nursing time (min)
|
General practitioner time (min)
|
General practitioner and nurse time (min)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard
|
Triage
|
Standard
|
Triage
|
Standard
|
Triage
|
Standard
|
Triage
|
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| Nurse telephone | 22 | 890 | 6.55 (3.25) | 5.00 (2.29) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.55 (3.25) | 5.00 (2.29) | |||
| Nurse appointment | 107 | 514 | 8.69 (3.59) | 10.47 (3.85) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.69 (3.59) | 10.47 (3.85) | |||
| General practitioner telephone | 139 | 223 | 0.00 | 2.23 (3.14) | 3.92 (2.21) | 4.69 (2.73) | 3.92 (2.21) | 6.92 (4.67) | |||
| General practitioner home visit | 176 | 418 | 0.05 (0.43) | 3.44 (2.15) | 21.09 (7.92) | 20.05 (7.76) | 21.14 (7.92) | 23.49 (7.96) | |||
| General practitioner appointment | 789 | 1407 | 0.22 (1.73) | 4.33 (3.33) | 8.12 (4.31) | 8.51 (4.49) | 8.34 (4.68) | 12.84 (5.40) | |||
| Total | 1233 | 3452 | 1.02 (3.09) | 5.17 (3.83) | 8.65 (7.35) | 6.20 (7.56) | 9.67 (6.98) | 11.37 (7.42) | |||