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Table 3 Comparison of the proportion of patients who believed that waiting time needed improvement before and after the implementation of the comprehensive reservation service for non-emergency registration

From: Effects of a comprehensive reservation service for non-emergency registration on appointment registration rate, patient waiting time, patient satisfaction and outpatient volume in a tertiary hospital in China

Time

Before implementation(%)

Time

After implementation(%)

Difference between the latter and the former (%)

P

First quarter of 2015

59.76

First quarter of 2016

48.58

↓ 11.18

0.000

Second quarter of 2015

67.33

Second quarter of 2016

49.80

↓ 17.53

0.000

Third quarter of 2015

54.59

Third quarter of 2016

45.42

↓ 9.17

0.000

Fourth quarter of 2014

62.16

Fourth quarter of 2015

48.81

↓ 13.35

0.000

  1. P < 0.05: statistically significant