Interventions to reduce wait times for primary care appointments: a systematic review

Table 4 Time reduction for primary appointments pre and post intervention(s)

Source	Intervention	Wait time pre intervention (days)	Wait time post intervention (days)	Absolute reduction (Δ in days)
Belardi et al. 2004 [30]	Open access	21	4-7	14
Bundy et al. 2005 [35]	Open access	36	4	32
Cameron et al. 2010 [22]	Open access	13.7	3.6	10.1
Dixon et al. 2006 [36]	Open access	3.6	1.5	2.1
Goodall et al. 2006 [37]	Multiple^a	24.3	10.2	14.1
Mehorta et al. 2008	Open access	21	11	10
Parente et al. 2005 [38]	Open access	18.7	11.8	6.9
Pickin et al. 2004 [39]	Multiple^a	3.6	1.9	1.7
Sperl-HIllen et al. 2008 [42]	Open access	21.6	4.2	17.4
Salisbury et al. 2007 [40]	Open access	19.5	4.5	15
Solberg et al. 2004 [41]	Open access	17.8	4.2	13.6

^aMultiple interventions included in the study were a combination of: open access, use of nurse practitioners, telephone for follow-up consultation, specific measures to reduce follow-up, GP triage, nurse triage, redirect workload from GP, email consultations

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