Table 4 |
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Registered visit length: a comparison between inclusion and repeat visits of CM physicians and in general practice (Multilevel regression analyses)* |
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Visit length |
Homeopathy (N = 502) |
Acupuncture (N = 808) |
Naturopathy (N = 529) |
General practice (N = 2628)** |
p-value |
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Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
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Inclusion visit1,2 |
4.546 |
0.07 |
3.525 |
0.08 |
4.33 |
0.08 |
1.11 |
0.03 |
2 <.0005;5 <.0005; 6 <.0005 |
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First repeat visit1,2 |
2.356 |
0.08 |
2.86 |
0.09 |
2.73 |
0.1 |
1.11 |
0.03 |
2 <.0005; 6 <.0005 |
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Third repeat visit1,2 |
2.346 |
0.09 |
2.87 |
0.09 |
2.75 |
0.1 |
1.11 |
0.03 |
2 <.0005; 6 <.0005 |
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Fifth repeat visit1,2 |
2.55 |
0.1 |
2.89 |
0.09 |
2.58 |
0.1 |
1.11 |
0.03 |
2 <.0005 |
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*Controlled for age, gender and education level of patients ** Data from the DNSGP-2 patient registration in 2001(sub dataset for observation study) 1 Measure of visit length: 1 = 1-15 minutes; 2 = 16-30 minutes; 3 = 31-45 minutes; 4 = 46-60 minutes; 5 = > 60 minutes 2 significant difference between all CM visit length and visit length in general practice 3 significant difference between a single CM visit length and visit length in general practice 4 significant difference between homeopathic visit length and naturopathy visit length 5 significant difference between acupuncture visit length and naturopathy visit length 6 significant difference between homeopathic visit length and acupuncture visit length |
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Heiligers et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2010 10:3 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-10-3 |
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