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. 2011 Jul 7;26(11):1317–1323. doi: 10.1007/s11606-011-1773-y

Table 3.

Proportion (and Standard Errors) of Encounters (Control and Intervention Groups) Where Establishing Focus Behaviors Were Exhibited by Phases of the Encounter

  Early Encounter Mid Encounter Late Encounter Total Across Encounter
EF Behaviors CONT INT CONT INT CONT INT CONT** INT**
Orientation 0.00 (0.00) 0.01 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.01 (0.00)
Asks for List 0.00 (0.00) 0.06 (0.02) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.03 (0.01) 0.06 (0.02)
Additional Elicitation 0.10 (0.03) 0.20 (0.03)# 0.00 (0.00) 0.02 (0.00) 0.15 (0.03) 0.10 (0.02) 0.25 (0.04) 0.32 (0.03)
Agenda Complete 0.05 (0.01) 0.11 (0.02)# 0.01 (0.01) 0.00 (0.00) 0.10 (0.03) 0.07 (0.01) 0.16 (0.03) 0.19 (0.02)
Prioritization 0.00 (0.00) 0.01 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.01 (0.00) 0.01 (0.00)
Negotiation 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00)
Adopted Skill Set 0.13 (0.04) 0.26 (0.04)*

Significance: * p < 0.001; # p < 0.01

** 680 Intervention encounters and 256 Control encounters were coded. These are representative samples of the total number of patients recruited

Proportions are adjusted for multilevel effects (i.e., patients nested within physicians)