eTable. Work load and number of patient contacts, 2006.

	D	AUS	CDN	F*1	I*1	NL	NZ	N*1	S*1	UK	USA
Average working week (hours)	50.6	39.9	44.9			48.1	41.5			45.1	45.9
of which personal contact	63%	78%	72%			65%	71%			63%	71%
Average number of patients treated per week	243	128	122			141	112			154	102
Working week in hours (median [lower quartile, upper quartile])	50	40	45			50	40			45	45
	(45, 60)	(30, 50)	[36, 55]			(42, 58)	(32, 50)			(40, 50)	(40, 60)
of which personal contact	63%	78%	72%			65%	71%			63%	71%
Number of patients treated per week (median [lower quartile, upper quartile])	200 (180, 300)	120 (80, 164)	120 (70, 150)			150 (120, 170)	100 (75, 150)			150 (110, 180)	100 (70, 125)
Mean patient contact time in minutes (median [lower quartile, upper quartile])	9.0 (6.3, 10.8)	15.1 (12.1, 19.2)	16.0 (12.2, 23.0)			13.4 (11.2, 15.8)	16.2 (12.8, 19.8)			11.8 (9.0, 14.6)	20.3 (14.7, 27.3)

^*1did not participate in 2006;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