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. 2018 Aug 15;33(10):1768–1773. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4621-5

Table 2.

Encounter Characteristics and Patient-Reported Measures

Encounter characteristics (N = 28,222)
 Number of encounters, by year, N(%)
  2013 157(1)
  2014 828(3)
  2015 6545(23)
  2016 20,692(73)
 Encounter time of day, N(%)
  12 am to 7 am 1753(6)
  7 am to 5 pm 17,032(60)
  5 pm to 12 am 9437(33)
 Patient and physician geographic concordance, N(%) 10,809(38)
 Wait time (min), mean (IQR) 5.3(1.2–6.4)
 Encounter length (min), mean (IQR) 6.6(3.7–8.6)
 Used coupon, N(%) 6767(24)
 Received prescription, N(%) 19,495(69)
 Encounter diagnosis, N(%)
  Respiratory 9839(35)
  Urinary tract 2523(9)
  Other 1878(7)
  Eye and ear 2037(7)
  Dermatological 1455(5)
  Mental health 679(2)
  Gastrointestinal 539(2)
  Genital 551(2)
  Chronic 457(2)
  Musculoskeletal or rheumatologic 251(1)
  Asthma 285(1)
  Neurological 156(0.5)
 Did not receive diagnosis, N(%) 1607(6)
Patient-reported measures
 Satisfaction with provider, N(%)
  Five stars 23,974(85)
 Where patients would have sought care otherwise, N(%)
  Emergency department 1566(6)
  Doctor’s office 8224(29)
  Urgent care/retail clinic 13,662(43)
  Done nothing 4810(15)