Table 3.

Consultation length for patients with general practitioner in several selected countries

Selected countries	References	Sample size	Minutes seen by doctor (mean±SD)
Germany	Deveugelee et al., 2002[5]	889	7.6±4.3
Spain	Deveugelee et al., 2002[5]	539	7.8±4.0
The United Kingdom	Elmore et al., 2016[8]	440	10.2±4.4
The Netherlands	Deveugelee et al., 2002[5]	579	10.2±4.9
Belgium	Deveugelee et al., 2002[5]	601	15.0±7.2
Switzerland	Deveugelee et al., 2002[5]	620	15.6±8.7
The USA	Levinson and Chaumenton, 1999[21]	106	13
Croatia	Ozvacić Adzić, 2008[10]	5527	11.5±5.5
Turkey	Kringos et al., 2011[29]	1548	11
Japan	Kabeya et al., 2017[31]	1197	10.1
Solvenia	Petek Ster et al., 2008[32]	12,501	6.9
Australia	Britt et al., 2006[6]	70,758	12.0
Saudi Arabia	Bener et al., 2007[40]	843	5.7±2.3
The United Arab Emirates	Annual Health Report UAE, 2015[33]	872	5.6±2.8
State of Qatar	Bener et al., 2010[7,40]	598	6.6±2.1
Portugal	Cavaco et al., 2011[34]	516	22.2±9.4
Iran	Khori et al., 2012[35]	620	6.9±2.6
Pakistan	Jawaid et al., 2009[36]	490	6.0±3.34
Norway	Ydstebø et al., 2015[37]	1001	5.6±5.4

SD=Standard deviation