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Table 4 Total time spent on direct and indirect patient care

From: A prospective investigation of direct and indirect home care activities in three rural Norwegian municipalities

Activity

Municipality

Duration (minutes)

 

Duration (hours)

median

IQR

mean

total

%

Direct

M1

11

(6–23)

20

1710

44

M2

13

(8–22)

19

1878

49

M3

12

(6–24)

21

2391

49

Indirect

M1

6

(2–16)

14

2206

56

M2

8

(4–17)

15

1991

51

M3

8

(3–17)

14

2458

51

Total

M1

8

(3–18)

16

3916

100

M2

10

(5–20)

16

3869

100

M3

10

(4–20)

17

4849

100