The Effect of Patient Arrival Time on Overall Wait Time and Utilization of Physician and Examination Room Resources in the Outpatient Urology Clinic

Table 3

Patient wait times by on time versus late arrival patients.

	On-time	Late	P-value^**
Total patients (%)^*	63.2	22.0	—
Mean time in exam room waiting for MD (minute)	14.8±9.2	11.0±8.4	.005
Mean time in room with MD (minute)	10.7±6.0	8.9±5.8	.04

^*No show patients were 14.8%.
^**P-values determined by independent t-test.