For people requesting same-day appointments in primary care, does NHS Direct algorithm-based triage reduce consultation times and costs of care compared with triage by a practice nurse?
Better management of affective and somatoform disorders may reduce consultation rates in primary care.
Increased demand has reduced consultation hours, further hindering the work of professionals at this level [ 59].
Telephone consultation was shown not to be inferior to face-to-face consultation with regard to QOL scores, and did reduce consultation time and NHS costs.
Reduced consultation time demand and the potential for positive feedback may contribute to improved health promotion self-efficacy among medical professionals.
We were unable to easily identify an intervention which works consistently to reduce consultation rates, to improve parents' knowledge, confidence or satisfaction.
The effectiveness of interventions at reducing antibiotic prescriptions mirror those of Andrews et al's 40 review of interventions specifically focused on reducing consultation and antibiotic use in respiratory tract infection, which found that educational materials reduced consultation rates by up to 40%.
There was no suggestion of inferiority of telephone consultation compared with face-to-face consultation with regard to improvements in quality of life scores, and telephone consultation reduced consultation time and NHS costs.
We found no suggestion of inferiority of telephone consultation compared with face-to-face consultation with regard to improvements in QOL scores, and telephone consultation reduced consultation time and NHS costs.
Provision of the question prompt sheet prolonged consultations and increased patient anxiety; however, when oncologists specifically addressed the prompt sheet, anxiety levels were significantly reduced, consultation duration was decreased and recall was significantly improved.
However, although the longer consultation may mean that more detailed information was transmitted as a result of the models, it cannot be claimed that 3D models reduce consultation times by making communication more effective.
