More studies of the obvious:
“We documented that on average there are six topics that were discussed, and there is not a lot of time allocated to these topics,” said lead study author Ming Tai-Seale, Ph.D.
During the doctor-patient interactions, the topic that received the most talk time was typically discussed for about five minutes. The remaining issues typically received about a minute of discussion each, found the study in the latest online issue of the journal Health Services Research.





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