Primary care consultations last less than five minutes for half of the world’s population, a large international analysis has found. The research,1 published in BMJ Open , reveals wide variation in the average consultation length across the globe, with examples ranging from just 48 seconds in Bangladesh to 22.5 minutes in Sweden. Researchers from a range of academic institutions reviewed the data on consultation length from 178 relevant studies covering 67 countries and more than 28.5 million consultations. The analysis included peer reviewed research and “grey literature”—defined as research …

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全球一半人的GP任命持续不到五分钟

一项大型的国际分析发现，对于全球一半的人口，初级保健咨询会持续不到5分钟。这项研究在BMJ Open上发表，揭示了全球平均咨询时长的巨大差异，例子从孟加拉国的48秒到瑞典的22.5分钟不等。来自众多学术机构的研究人员对来自67个国家/地区的178项相关研究和超过2850万次咨询的咨询时长数据进行了审查。分析包括同行评议的研究和“灰色文献” —定义为研究…