Time Allocation in Primary Care Office Visits

Speaking and interruptions during primary care office visits.

BACKGROUND Patients and physicians value effective communication and consider it an essential part of the medical encounter. This study examined physician-patient communication patterns, and interruptions in communication, during patient visits with family practice and internal medicine residents. METHODS Observational data obtained from 60 routine primary care office visits included the time...

Drug utilization in office visits to primary care physicians: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1980.

Necessity of Office Visits for Acute Respiratory Infections in Primary Care

Necessity of Office Visits for Acute Respiratory Infections in Primary Care

Necessity of Office Visits for Acute Respiratory Infections in Primary Care