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Table 4 Distribution of Acute and Chronic Visit Types with Mean Duration of Consultation in Minutes by Gender

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

 

Female N = 39

Male N = 27

All N = 66

Visit Type

n

Mean

Median

(95% CI)

n

Mean

Median

(95% CI)

n

Mean

Median

(95% CI)

Acute

      

   0-12

2

6.1

6.1

(-0.4, 12.7)

2

6.5

6.5

(-10.3, 23.2)

4

6.3

6.1

(4.4,8.2)

   13-18

2

5.3

5.3

(-10.8, 21.4)

0

*no valid cases

2

5.3

5.3

(-10.8, 21.4)

   19-49

5

7.6

6.4

(2.9,12.2)

2

3.5

3.5

(-0.2,7.2)

7

6.4

5.2

(3,9.8)

   50-64

5

5.3

4.6

(1.6,9.1)

9

6.2

5.1

(4.1,8.3)

14

5.9

4.8

(4.3,7.5)

   65-74

11

5.4

4.9

(3.9,7)

6

5

5.1

(4.2,5.8)

17

5.3

5.1

(4.3,6.2)

   75-84

13

7.6

7.2

(6,9.3)

8

5.2

4.5

(3.3,7)

21

6.7

6.8

(5.4,8)

   ≥85

1

** one case

0

*no valid cases

1

-

Chronic

Females N = 133

Males N = 58

All N = 191

   0-12

5

4.1

4.5

(3.1,5.1)

6

4.3

4.1

(3.2,5.4)

11

4.2

4.3

(3.6,4.8)

   13-18

5

4.3

2.7

(-0.2,8.7)

1

**one case

6

5

3.9

(1.2,8.9)

   19-49

11

7.1

5.1

(2.3,11.9)

9

4.8

4.5

(2.2,7.4)

20

6.1

4.9

(3.4,8.8)

   50-64

32

6

4.9

(4.8,7.2)

15

7.2

5.5

(4.5,9.9)

47

6.4

4.9

(5.2,7.5)

   65-74

39

5.7

5.4

(5,6.4)

14

6.8

5.5

(4.9,8.7)

53

6

5.4

(5.3,6.7)

   75-84

31

6.3

6.3

(5.5,7)

13

8.1

7

(5.8,10.5)

44

6.8

6.4

(5.9,7.7)

   ≥85

10

5.8

4.8

(4,7.5)

0

**no valid cases

10

5.8

4.8

(4,7.5)

  1. Acute illness: an acute disease is a disease with either or both of a) rapid onset and b) short course.
  2. Chronic illness: a chronic disease is a disease that is long lasting or recurrent. The term chronic describes the course of the disease, or its rate of onset and development.