What did Roter and Hall (2004) find on the impact of the gender of the health professional on the consultation?
A) Satisfaction with female doctors is high regardless of communication style
B) Medical consultations were 10% longer with male physicians
C) Patients of male physicians disclosed more psychosocial information than female physician patients
D) Medical consultations were 10% longer with female physicians

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Roter and Hall (2004) found that medical consultations were on average 10% longer when the health professional was female, indicating that gender can influence the duration of medical consultations, potentially due to differences in communication styles or patient engagement practices.

What Did Roter and Hall (2004) Find on the Impact