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Table 3 Mean Consultation Length in Minutes by Major Disease Category and Gender

From: Truth or fallacy? Three hour wait for three minutes with the doctor: Findings from a private clinic in rural Japan

 

Female

Male

All

ICPC Category

Mean

Median

(95% CI)

Mean

Median

(95% CI)

Mean

Median

(95% CI)

General

5.7

5.6

(4,7.4)

7.4

5.7

(4.8,10)

6.5

5.6

(5,7.9)

Blood/Immune

8.8

8.8

(-37.1, 54.6)

*one case

8.2

6.9

(-1.2,17.5)

Digestive

5.6

5.7

(4.5,6.8)

4.1

5.3

(0.3,8.5)

5.4

5.5

(6.4,5.4)

Cardiovascular

5.8

5.3

(5.3,6.4)

6.2

5.1

(5.2,7.1)

5.9

5.2

(5.5,6.4)

Musculoskeletal

5.4

4

(2.5,8.3)

*one case

5.3

4.2

(2.9,7.6)

Neurological

6

5.2

(4,8)

4.7

4.3

(2.6,6.8)

5.7

5

(4.2,7)

Psychological

9.9

8.3

(4.2,15.5)

13.4

13.6

(8.3,18.5)

10.8

10.9

(6.6, 14.9)

Respiratory

5.2

5.1

(3.9,6.5)

7.3

5.5

(-0.9,15.4)

5.7

5.1

(4.2,7.3)

Skin

5.8

5.4

(2.4,9.2)

4.9

4.6

(-1.1,10.9)

5.5

4.6

(3.3,7.7)

Endocrine

/Metabolic

6.5

5.9

(5.2,7.9)

5.6

4.7

(4.1,7.1)

6

5.2

(5,6.9)

Urological

3.7

3.7

(-12,19.3)

6

6.1

(-1,13.1)

5.1

4.9

(1.9,8.2)