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Table 4 Cumulative time from first visiting a health facility to diagnosis, by level of entry into the formal health system (quartiles of distribution of cumulative days)

From: Patients’ pathways to cancer care in Tanzania: documenting and addressing social inequalities in reaching a cancer diagnosis

Level of entry

N

p25

Median (p50)

p75

Primary

15

152

394

703

District hospital

19

88

290

725

Higher level public hospital

13

117

547

1506

Private sector facility

11

11

135

336

All respondents

a58

58

197

703

  1. aDate of diagnosis is unclear for four respondents