Table 3.
Associationa between consultation duration and multimorbidity level and area deprivation
| Consultations ≥2 mins, N= 1 258 919 | All consultations, N= 1 522 128 | |||
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| Regression coefficient | CI | Regression coefficient | CI | |
| IMD | ||||
| Q1 (least deprived) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Q2 | −0.18 | (−0.23 to −0.13)b | −0.12 | (−0.17 to −0.06)b |
| Q3 | −0.20 | (−0.26 to −0.15)b | −0.12 | (−0.18 to −0.07)b |
| Q4 | −0.31 | (−0.36 to −0.24)b | −0.23 | (−0.29 to −0.17)b |
| Q5 (most deprived) | −0.46 | (−0.53 to −0.40)b | −0.27 | (−0.34 to −0.21)b |
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| Multimorbidity level | ||||
| 0 | Ref | Ref | ||
| 1 | 0.07 | (0.02 to 0.12)c | −0.08 | (−0.13 to −0.03)c |
| 2 | 0.22 | (0.17 to 0.28)b | 0.01 | (−0.05 to 0.07) |
| 3 | 0.45 | (0.38 to 0.52)b | 0.21 | (0.14 to 0.28)b |
| 4–5 | 0.67 | (0.60 to 0.74)b | 0.45 | (0.37 to 0.52)b |
| ≥6 conditions | 0.94 | (0.84 to 1.03)b | 0.77 | (0.66 to 0.87)b |
a
Three-level regression model (consultations nested within patients within practices) includes patient sex, age, number of consultations per year, GP trainee status, GP sex, urban–rural classification, multimorbidity level, and IMD.
b
P<0.001.
c
P<0.05. CI = confidence interval. IMD = Index of Multiple Deprivation. Q = quintile. Ref = the category against which the other categories are compared in the statistical model.