Table 3.
Mean consultation length, mean number of diagnoses and percentage of assessments of insufficient patient time in three categories of consultations, calculated by multilevel models.
| Workload measure | Consultations with psychological/social diagnoses (n = 138) | Consultations with somatic diagnoses, psychological background (n = 309) | Consultations with somatic diagnoses, somatic background (n = 945) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean consultation length (minutes) | 12.65a | 11.48a | 9.06a |
| Mean number of diagnoses | 1.60a | 1.34 | 1.29 |
| Assessments of insufficient time (%) | 14.00 | 11.39 | 4.03a |
a
Significant P<0.01 different from the other two consultation categories.