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n (%) Discipline 0-10 11-20 20-40 > 40 Total
Initial Consultation Time Figure 3.6 shows that the majority of initial consultation times ( new client consultations ) for all respondents was over 45 minutes : 36.4 % ( 569 out of 1564 ) were 46-60 minutes and 41.2 % were over 60 minutes . The Mind Body discipline category had the highest percentage ( 60.0 %, 12 out of 20 ) of respondents reporting initial consultations lasting longer than 60 minutes . A total of 58.2 % ( 306 out of 526 ) of Ingestive Medicine respondents and 52.17 % ( 12 out of 23 ) of Energetic Medicine respondents reported having initial consultation times of over 60 minutes . The highest percentage of consultations under 15 minutes was Physical Medicine ( 18.1 %, 119 out of 659 ).
Physical Medicine
156 ( 23.4 )
330 ( 49.6 )
163 ( 24.5 )
17 ( 2.6 )
666 ( 100 )
Ingestive Medicine
212 ( 40.4 )
216 ( 41.1 )
80 ( 15.2 )
17 ( 3.2 )
525 ( 100 )
Energetic Medicine
9 ( 34.6 )
12 ( 46.2 )
4 ( 15.4 )
1 ( 3.9 )
26 ( 100 )
Registered Profession
32 ( 21.1 )
38 ( 25.0 )
55 ( 36.2 )
27 ( 17.8 )
152 ( 100 )
Mind-body Medicine
9 ( 42.9 )
9 ( 42.9 )
3 ( 14.3 )
0
21 ( 100 )
Other
18 ( 37.5 )
20 ( 41.67 )
9 ( 18.8 )
1 ( 2.1 )
48 ( 100 )
Total
436 ( 30.3 )
625 ( 43.5 )
314 ( 21.8 )
63 ( 5.0 )
1,438 ( 100 )
Table 3.1 Ideal Number of Consultations per Week by Discipline Category
70
60
Percentage
50
40
30
20
10
0
< 15 mins
15-30 mins
31-40 mins
41-60 min
> 60 min
Physical Medicine
Ingestive Medicine
Energetic Medicine
Registered Profession
Mind-body Medicine
Figure 3.6 Gross Income by Discipline Category *
* Forty-nine respondents out of a total of 1428 who answered the question about initial consultation time nominated their primary discipline as ‘ Other ’. This category has not been represented in Figure 3.6 .
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