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. 2011 Nov 1;13(4):e79. doi: 10.2196/jmir.1583

Table 5.

Time physicians spent answering the longest 10% of patients’ questions

Number of questions Patient question (mean number of characters) Physician answer time (minutes)
Shortest 90% of questions (≤916 characters) 1003 420 2.2
Longest 10% of questions (>916 characters) 110 1300 2.6