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. 2026 Oct 20;8:1954602. doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2026.1954602

Table 4.

Mean number of clinical note types and total clinical notes opened for ≥5 s, all cases combined, and per case. Sorted by the type of note used most frequently across all cases.

Category All cases (N = 87) Case 1 (N = 29) Case 2 (N = 29) Case 3 (N = 29)
General practitioner notes 1.7 (2.2), 0–8 2.4 (2.5), 0–8 1.9 (2.1), 0–7 0.9 (1.5), 0–5
Nursing notes 1.3 (1.9), 0–8 0.0 (0.2), 0–1 1.7 (1.8), 0–6 2.1 (2.2), 0–8
Discharge/outpatient summaries 1.3 (2.1), 0–9 3.3 (2.5), 0–9 0.1 (0.4), 0–2 0.4 (0.8), 0–3
Municipal notes 1.1 (2.1), 0–11 2.8 (2.8), 0–11 0.7 (1.3), 0–5 0.0 (0.0), 0–0
Progress notes 0.8 (1.6), 0–7 0.1 (0.3), 0–1 0.4 (1.0), 0–5 1.8 (2.2), 0–7
Out-of-hours primary care 0.7 (1.4), 0–8 2.0 (1.9), 0–8 0.0 (0.0), 0–0 0.0 (0.0), 0–0
Letters to Patient 0.6 (1.2), 0–6 0.0 (0.2), 0–1 1.9 (1.5), 0–6 0.0 (0.2), 0–1
Lab reports 0.4 (0.9), 0–5 0.2 (0.6), 0–2 0.1 (0.4), 0–2 0.8 (1.4), 0–5
Admission notes 0.3 (0.8), 0–4 0.0 (0.0), 0–0 0.0 (0.2), 0–1 1.0 (1.2), 0–4
Other clinical documents 0.1 (0.3), 0–2 0.1 (0.4), 0–2 0.1 (0.4), 0–2 0.0 (0.0), 0–0
Total (clinical notes) 8.3 (7.3), 0–25 10.9 (7.9), 0–25 7.0 (6.3), 0–22 7.0 (7.3), 0–24