title: Patient demographics as a predictive tool of consultation duration.
abstract: This paper reports on a study undertaken to test the hypothesis that known patient demographics will be a reasonably reliable predictor of the duration of a patient's consultation with a general practitioner, regardless of the medical experience of an individual physician.
authors.affiliation: Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
authors.forename: Volha
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pankevich
keywords: appointments and schedules; consultation; job satisfaction; patient satisfaction; staffing and scheduling