Table 3.
Durations of consultations and enablement scores for the top and bottom fourth of doctors ranked for enablement scores
| Type of doctor* | Mean duration | No of doctors (consultations) | Duration of consultation (%)
|
Mean (range) score† | Mean (range) enablement score
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short | Medium | Long | Very long | Short | Medium | Long | Very long | |||||
| Consultations where patient does not know doctor well | ||||||||||||
| High enabler | 9.1 (8.9-9.3) | 42 (2504) | 15.4 | 44.5 | 24.9 | 13.4 | 3.6 (3.4-3.7) | 3.0 (2.6-3.3) | 3.5 (3.3-3.7) | 3.7 (3.4-4.0) | 4.2 (3.8-4.6) | |
| Low enabler | 7.2 (7.1-7.4) | 43 (3606) | 28.0 | 46.9 | 17.7 | 5.9 | 2.2 (2.1-2.3) | 2.0 (1.8-2.2) | 2.2 (2.0-2.3) | 2.3 (2.1-2.6) | 2.4 (2.0-2.8) | |
| Consultations where patient knows doctor well | ||||||||||||
| High enabler | 9.4 (9.1-9.6) | 42 (1785) | 10.6 | 47.6 | 27.2 | 12.5 | 4.3 (4.0-4.5) | 4.1 (3.5-4.8) | 4.2 (3.9-4.5) | 4.3 (3.9-4.7) | 4.4 (3.8-4.9) | |
| Low enabler | 7.3 (7.0-7.5) | 43 (1274) | 25.4 | 49.1 | 17.0 | 6.4 | 2.8 (2.6-3.1) | 2.8 (2.3-3.2) | 2.9 (2.6-3.2) | 2.9 (2.3-3.5) | 2.6 (1.8-3.4) | |
*
High enablers: mean practice list size 8105, of whom 36.4% know doctor very well; low enablers: mean practice list size 10 357, of whom 22.1% know doctor very well.
†
All consultations.