Table 3. Work load and number of patient contacts, 2009.
| D | AUS | CDN | F | I | NL | NZ | N | S | UK | USA | |
| Average working week (hours) | 50.8 | 40.5 | 42.5 | 48.6 | 37.5 | 44.4 | 41 | 40.5 | 37.8 | 42.2 | 47.6 |
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70% | 87% | 75% | 82% | 75% | 69% | 83% | 67% | 66% | 68% | 76% |
| Average number of patients treated per week | 242 | 128 | 124 | 110 | 171 | 123 | 116 | 81 | 53 | 130 | 96 |
| Working week in hours (median [lower quartile, upper quartile]) | 50 | 40 | 40 | 50 | 40 | 45 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 46 |
| [45, 60] | [38, 50] | [32, 50] | [40, 60] | [30, 45] | [34, 50] | [38, 48] | [33, 48] | [32, 43] | [35, 50] | [40, 60] | |
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70% | 87% | 75% | 82% | 75% | 69% | 83% | 67% | 66% | 68% | 76% |
| Number of patients treated per week (median [lower quartile, upper quartile]) | 250 (150, 300) | 125 (110, 150) | 110 (70, 150) | 101 (81, 136) | 150 (120, 200) | 120 (90, 150) | 120 (100, 130) | 80 (60, 100) | 50 (40, 64) | 120 (90, 150) | 100 (65, 120) |
| Mean patient contact time in minutes (median [lower quartile, upper quartile]) | 9.1 (6.4, 13.4) | 17.0 (14.9, 19.2) | 16.8 (12.1, 23.3) | 22.2 (16.9, 29.5) | 10.3 (7.2, 15.0) | 15.0 (12.2, 18.0) | 17.4 (15.4, 19.8) | 20.6 (16.0, 26.0) | 28.8 (24.0, 36.0) | 13.3 (10.8, 16.8) | 22.5 (17.0, 29.7) |
AUS, Australia; CDN, Canada; D, Germany; F, France; I, Italy; NL, Netherlands; NZ, New Zealand; N, Norway; S, Sweden; UK, United Kingdom; USA, United States