Duration of the medical consultation and waiting time, is there a balance point for the physician and the patient?

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.39.02.843.816

Keywords:

physician-patient relations, medical care, time management, patient satisfaction, health systems

Abstract

Doctor-patient relation is exposed to several factors with the ability to modify it positively and negatively. The consultation or medical attention is an event that takes place in different kind of scenarios; therefore, the variability of its characteristics will be as great as that of the people who carry it out. It has been proposed to use the duration of the medical consultation as a care indicator by patients, obtaining as a result a wide field of information where a negative attitude of patients towards the medical care process predominates, for their part, health professionals have expressed their points of view regarding the problem based on having the necessary time during care for the search to achieve excellence. However, currently available data show wide discrepancies, which make it impossible to define an "ideal" period of duration for the medical consultation, leaving aside the fact that the medical care service as a social process grants obligations and rights that all actors should comply.

Author Biographies

  • Juan Sebastian Izquierdo Condoy, Universidad de Las Américas, Ecuador

    General doctor of the Central University of Ecuador. Master's student in the Health Management and Research Area, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana (UNINI Mexico), Campeche, Mexico. Researcher of the One Health Research Group, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador.

  • Carlos Alexander Ruiz Sosa, Universidad de Antioquía, Colombia

    Médico general de la Universidad Central del Ecuador. Estudiante de masterado de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad de Antioquía, Antioquía (Colombia). Estudiante de postgrado de Gastroenterología de la Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito (Ecuador). ruizsosamd@gmail.com. Orcid: 0000-0003-2612-5365. CVLAC: https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0002003456

Published

2023-09-18

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How to Cite

Duration of the medical consultation and waiting time, is there a balance point for the physician and the patient?. (2023). SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL SALUD UNINORTE, 39(2), 810-817. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.39.02.843.816

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