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. 2007 Jan 10;7:2. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-7-2

Table 1.

Timing of consultations and their phases in minutes

Patient Opening Examination Standard Gamble Risk Assessment Decision Making Closure Total
Guidelines
1 4.2 10.2 n/a 3.5 1.2 0.9 20.0
2 3.0 16.2 n/a 3.5 1.4 1.6 25.7
3 2.6 10.7 n/a 2.9 1.2 1.0 18.4
4 4.6 14.5 n/a 4.0 3.4 0.8 27.3
5 3.4 9.3 n/a 5.2 10.1 0.3 28.3
6 2.0 10.9 n/a 3.5 1.6 0.8 18.8
7 6.9 9.4 n/a 1.1 1.8 0.4 19.6
8 3.1 11.4 n/a 2.9 5.3 1.7 24.4
9 3.3 14.0 n/a 3.4 0.7 0.6 22.0
10 2.4 8.4 n/a 4.7 1.8 2.9 20.2
Implicit
1 2.3 18.2 n/a 12.6 6.8 4.5 44.4
2 3.9 14.0 n/a 8.4 3.0 2.3 31.6
3 0.7 12.8 n/a 9.8 12.1 5.6 41.0
4 1.0 14.3 n/a 7.7 4.4 7.0 34.4
5 6.8 21.5 n/a 5.9 5.2 7.9 47.3
6 2.4 3.9 n/a 5.7 0.9 3.5 16.4
7 2.5 3.2 n/a 5.6 1.9 2.2 15.4
8 1.4 2.7 n/a 7.4 1.9 2.0 15.4
9 0.8 13.0 n/a 9.7 3.5 1.8 28.5
10 3.3 9.4 n/a 7.3 7.3 3.6 30.9
11 1.6 8.3 n/a 7.3 5.4 2.3 24.9
Explicit
1 2.5 1.4 21.9 9.7 2.4 5.0 42.9
2 1.1 10.4 14.3 8.9 8.1 8.8 51.6
3 1.6 6.6 13.2 6.5 7.6 2.5 38.0
4 2.0 7.0 19.0 5.1 7.7 2.4 43.2
5 3.1 14.1 20.9 3.4 9.1 5.6 56.2
6 2.7 9.4 25.9 4.6 7.5 9.1 59.2
7 4.6 10.6 16.0 5.2 6.9 1.7 45.0
8 1.3 9.6 10.5 3.1 2.0 3.1 29.6

Footnote: cases in each condition are in the order they occurred in the trial