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Table 3 Waiting times (in days) over time, by locality

From: Telehealth to support referral management in a universal health system: a before-and-after study

Locality

Summary measure

Time Point

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

AM

N

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

Mean

181.6537

206.1679

180.4773

163.9008

124.1766

90.4063

91.3127

Median

159

183

172

143

101

70

59

Std. Deviation

101.1435

107.1458

97.0459

116.0106

101.5863

75.5413

80.0390

Minimum

73

100

65.0238

31.7356

23.8765

19.3965

18.7829

Maximum

331

381

304

323

279

207

214

Range

258

281

239

291

255

188

196

Interquartile Range

175

186

201

234

192

138

148

p-value Shapiro-Wilk

0.4744

0.5179

0.5942

0.5730

0.4891

0.3665

0.2016

POA

N

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

Mean

202.5662

226.1986

228.5259

203.4654

207.9347

208.2794

197.1528

Median

218

247

265

223

230

226

218

Std. Deviation

111.1520

111.7048

97.9983

102.0944

98.0885

83.6817

83.6399

Minimum

56

60

63

62

67

66

62

Maximum

353

368

333

367

373

308

298

Range

297

307

270

304

305

242

235

Interquartile Range

214

212

175

163

141

143

150

p-value Shapiro-Wilk

0.5719

0.6688

0.3261

0.7676

0.7208

0.6785

0.5031

BH

N

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Mean

262.6667

250.3333

252.3333

184.6667

201.6667

200.3333

162.6667

Median

241

239

232

146

112

138

127

Std. Deviation

128.8733

155.3104

150.5335

102.6174

161.4074

111.4465

82.5005

Minimum

146

101

113

107

105

134

104

Maximum

401

411

412

301

388

329

257

Range

255

310

299

194

283

195

153

Interquartile Range

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

p-value Shapiro-Wilk

0.7209

0.8792

0.7761

0.3651

0.0414

0.0343

0.2671

  1. AM Amazonas; BH Belo Horizonte; PA Porto Alegre