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Table 1 Availability, timeliness and documentation of departments providing consultationsa

From: Availability, timeliness, documentation and quality of consultations among hospital departments: a prospective, comparative study

 

Medical consultationsb

N = 1221

Surgical consultations

N = 845

General ICU consultations

N = 79

P value

Availability

4.0 ± 0.9

3.2 ± 1.1

4.2 ± 0.9

<0.001

Timeliness

4.1 ± 0.9

3.4 ± 1.2

4.4 ± 0.9

<0.001

Documentation

4.3 ± 0.9

3.6 ± 1.2

4.2 ± 1.2

<0.001

  1. aResults shown as Mean score ± SD (range 1–5)
  2. bFor definition refer to methods