Age-Related Differences in Doctor-Patient Interaction and Patient Satisfaction

Table 4

Characteristics of the medical encounters (𝑛=177).

	𝑁	%
First encounter
No	166	93.8
Yes	11	6.2
Number of encounters previous 12 Months
0	34	19.2
1	30	16.9
2	73	41.2
3	17	9.6
4	12	6.8
5	11	6.2
Visit length in minutes
Minimum	9.5
Maximum	69.3
Median	25.2
Number of patient requests
0	60	33.9
1	67	37.9
2	29	16.4
3	13	7.3
4	3	1.7
5 or more	5	2.9
Encounter type
Patient-centered	97	54.8
Physician-centered	80	45.2