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

Table 4.

Average Number (and Standard Errors) of Concerns Voiced for Control and Intervention Groups Within Each Encounter Phase

Early Encounter Mid Encounter Late Encounter Total Across Encounter
Number of Concerns Raised CONT INT CONT INT CONT INT CONT** INT**
Patient 1.52 (0.12) 1.58 (0.07) 0.27 (0.04) 0.28 (0.05) 1.14 (0.11) 0.83 (0.08)# 2.94 (0.16) 2.66 (0.10)
Physician 1.14 (0.09) 1.10 (0.08) 0.24 (0.03) 0.30 (0.05) 0.83 (0.09) 0.62 (0.08) 2.22 (0.16) 2.05 (0.16)
Total 2.66 (0.11) 2.67 (0.09) 0.52 (0.05) 0.58 (0.08) 1.96 (0.15) 1.46 (0.13)# 5.15 (0.19) 4.75 (0.23)

Significance: * p < 0.001; # p < 0.01

** 379 Intervention encounters and 300 Control encounters were coded

These are representative samples of the total number of patients recruited

The numbers of concerns are adjusted for multilevel effects (i.e., patients nested within physicians)