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Table 9 Average waiting time by severity of final diagnosis a

From: The effect of referral templates on out-patient quality of care in a hospital setting: a cluster randomized controlled trial

Severity of final diagnosis

Intervention group

Control group

Not severe (n = 190)

47 (35.4)

53 (40.6)

Less severe (n = 227)

45 (32.3)

49 (49.1)

Severe (n = 68)

55 (42.8)

41 (31.8)

Very severe (n = 15)

22 (14.0)

26 (17.7)

  1. aNumbers are days (rounded to whole days) with SD brackets; no significant differences between intervention and control groups