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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Med Inform. 2009 Dec 24;79(2):90. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.11.006

Table II.

Results of Mbarara Time-Motion Study: Patients*

Measure Before
Summaries
n = 88		 After
Summaries
n = 94 		Before–After
Difference
Time in registration 1.2 1.0 −0.2
Time with clinicians 7.7 6.4 −0.7
Time with other staff 42.3 61.3 +19.0
Time with pharmacy 1.7 11.6 +9.9
Miscellaneous activities 22.9 17.9 −5.0
Waiting 121.9 88.0 −33.9
     Waiting for registration 0.3 0.0 −0.3
     Waiting for clinicians 45.1 44.5 −0.6
     Waiting for other staff 52.4 28.9 − 23.5
     Waiting for pharmacy 24.1 14.6 −9.5
Total visit time 197.7 186.2 −11.5
*

Time is measured in minutes per patient visit observed. Statistically significant differences (p-value <0.05) are indicated by shading.