Patient-level and practice-level factors associated with consultation duration: a cross-sectional analysis of over one million consultations in English primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Consultation duration has previously been shown to be associated with patient, practitioner and practice characteristics. However, previous studies were conducted outside the UK, considered only small numbers of general practitioner (GP) consultations or focused primarily on practitioner-level characteristics. We aimed to determine the patient-level and practice-level factors associated with duration of GP and nurse consultations in UK primary care.

Design and setting

Cross-sectional data were obtained from English general practices contributing to the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) linked to data on patient deprivation and practice staffing, rurality and Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) achievement.

Participants

218 304 patients, from 316 E

SUBMITTER: Stevens S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5701995 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature