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Table 3 Wait Times across Regions

From: Impact of clinical urgency, physician supply and procedural capacity on regional variations in wait times for coronary angiography

 

Urgent

(N = 28,680)

Semi-Urgent

(N = 31,545)

Elective

(N = 14,029)

Region

Above RMWT (%)

Hazard Ratio

Above RMWT (%)

Hazard Ratio

Above RMWT (%)

Hazard Ratio

Central Toronto

14.2

ref

28.5

ref

5.9

ref

Central

18.4

0.90

(0.82-0.98)

33.6

0.94

(0.80-1.10)

10.3

0.83

(0.67-1.04)

Central East

18.0

0.89

(0.82-0.97)

26.5

1.06

(0.91-1.24)

4.2

0.94

(0.79-1.13)

Central West

21.6

0.76

(0.70-0.82)

46.6

0.73

(0.61-0.87)

12.5

0.63

(0.51-0.78)

Champlain

35.8

0.62

(0.56-0.69)

58.2

0.50

(0.42-0.59)

38.4

0.31

(0.26-0.38)

Erie St Clair

17.6

0.81

(0.73-0.91)

41.7

0.76

(0.62-0.92)

15.0

0.64

(0.50-0.82)

Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant

32.9

0.65

(0.58-0.74)

53.4

0.58

(0.49-0.70)

19.7

0.50

(0.39-0.63)

Mississauga Halton

21.6

0.83

(0.73-0.93)

49.3

0.66

(0.56-0.78)

15.8

0.56

(0.46-0.67)

North East

15.8

0.99

(0.87-1.13)

53.8

0.60

(0.49-0.74)

22.8

0.52

(0.42-0.64)

North Simcoe Muskoka

27.6

0.76

(0.70-0.84)

27.7

1.13

(0.97-1.31)

5.2

1.08

(0.91-1.29)

North West

10.1

1.10

(0.95-1.27)

43.5

0.84

(0.69-1.02)

14.1

0.62

(0.50-0.76)

South East

24.1

0.82

(0.68-0.98)

33.4

0.89

(0.73-1.07)

12.6

0.70

(0.56-0.88)

South West

20.2

0.83

(0.73-0.95)

44.2

0.75

(0.61-0.92)

18.6

0.59

(0.48-0.72)

Waterloo Wellington

9.5

1.11

(0.97-1.27)

46.4

0.76

(0.63-0.93)

17.8

0.55

(0.45-0.67)

  1. RMWT: recommended maximum waiting time. See Table 1 for abbreviations