Authors
Montserrat León-García, Thomas H Wieringa, Nataly R Espinoza Suárez, María José Hernández-Leal, Gemma Villanueva, Naykky Singh Ospina, Jessica Hidalgo, Larry J Prokop, Claudio Rocha Calderón, Annie LeBlanc, Claudia Zeballos-Palacios, Juan Pablo Brito, Victor M Montori
Publication date
2023/10/1
Source
BMJ Open Quality
Volume
12
Issue
4
Pages
e002311
Publisher
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
Description
Background
The objective is to examine and synthesise the best available experimental evidence about the effect of ambulatory consultation duration on quality of healthcare.
Methods
We included experimental studies manipulating the length of outpatient clinical encounters between adult patients and clinicians (ie, therapists, pharmacists, nurses, physicians) to determine their effect on quality of care (ie, effectiveness, efficiency, timeliness, safety, equity, patient-centredness and patient satisfaction).
Information sources
Using controlled vocabulary and keywords, without restriction by language or year of publication, we searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Database of Systematic Reviews and Scopus from inception until 15 May 2023.
Risk of bias
Cochrane Risk of Bias instrument.
Data synthesis
Narrative synthesis.
Results
11 publications of 10 studies explored the …
Total citations
20241
Scholar articles
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