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Table 2 Cancer elective surgery waiting times (in days) by urgency category and cancer type

From: The impact of public performance reporting on cancer elective surgery waiting times: a data linkage study

 

Bowel cancer

Breast cancer

Lung cancer

Bowel, breast and lung cancer

Other cancer

Pre-PPR

Post-PPR

Pre-PPR

Post-PPR

Pre-PPR

Post-PPR

Pre-PPR

Post-PPR

Pre-PPR

Post-PPR

All urgency

 Mean (SD)

14 (15)

17 (14)

13 (12)

14 (14)

12 (11)

17 (12)

13 (13)

15 (14)

33 (45)

35 (48)

 Median (IQR)

13 (7–20)

15 (8–22)

11 (6–17)

12 (7–19)

9 (5–18)

15 (8–23)

12 (6–18)

13 (7–20)

19 (8–38)

20 (11–38)

Urgency (30 days)

 Mean (SD)

13 (8)

14 (8)

11 (7)

12 (7)

10 (8)

15 (8)

12 (7)

13 (7)

12 (8)

14 (8)

 Median (IQR)

13 (7–19)

14 (8–21)

10 (6–16)

12 (7–18)

8 (5–15)

14 (7–21)

11 (6–17)

13 (7–19)

12 (6–19)

14 (7–20)

Urgency (90 days)

 Mean (SD)

37 (44)

42 (27)

33 (35)

42 (48)

25 (17)

33 (21)

33 (36)

39 (36)

59 (57)

64 (63)

 Median (IQR)

33 (15–41)

36 (27–50)

25 (8–44)

32 (15–48)

23 (11–35)

33 (16–42)

28 (11–41)

34 (19–48)

44 (24–77)

47 (27–81)

  1. PPR public performance reporting, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range