Association between doctor-patient familiarity and patient-centred care during general practitioner's consultations: a direct observational study in Chinese primary care practice

Table 2 Visit Characteristics between the two groups

	Familiar (N = 243)		Unfamiliar (N = 202)		Diff^a (I-II)	p-diff
	Mean (I)	SE	Mean (II)	SE	Diff^a (I-II)	p-diff
Duration of visits (in minutes)	5.81	0.30	5.08	0.24	-0.722	0.084
Number of components appeared in each interval	1.84	0.06	1.89	0.08	-0.044	0.675

Keys: Values are adjusted for patient sex, age, marital status, education, monthly household income, employment status, household status, health insurance, health status, reason for visit, number of visits to the CHC in the last year, whether have a family doctor or not, with or without chronic diseases. SE: standard error
Diff^a: absolute difference between familiar group and unfamiliar group

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