Table 9 Discussion with colleagues about patient
From: A comparative case study of prescribing and non-prescribing physiotherapists and podiatrists
Professional group | Prescribing status | Number and % of all patients seen for whom discussion occurred with colleague | Mean (SD) minutes in discussions with colleague per patient | Discussion with same professional n, mean (SD) minutes | Same colleague cost / discussionb (£, 2015) | Discussion with medical professional n, mean (SD) minutes | Medical colleague cost / discussionb (£, 2015) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PHYSIOTHERAPY | Independent prescriber | 19 (17.8%) | 10.61 (9.68) | 3, 19.5 (14.8) | £22.75 | 16, 9.5 (8.9) | £21.69 |
| Â | Non prescriber | 1 (0.9%) | 0 (n/a) | 1, time missing | Not known | 0, n/a | 0 |
|  | Significant difference | p < 0.0005a | n/a |  |  |  |  |
PODIATRY | Independent prescriber | 19 (14.8%) | 6.89 (3.20) | 11, 6.8 (3.6) | £7.93 | 8, 7.0 (2.8) | £15.98 |
|  | Non prescriber | 13 (10.5%) | 6.92 (6.14) | 12, 7.3 (6.3) | £8.52 | 1, 3.0 (0.0) | £6.85 |
|  | Significant difference | p = 0.299~ | p = 0.493^ |  |  |  |  |