Table 1.
EpiCore key summary statistics on all RFIsa issued by year between 2018 and 2022.
| Time period | Total RFIs sent, n | RFIs with a response, n | Response time (h), mean (SD) | Response time (h), median (IQR) | Response rate (%) | Reacted within 24 h, n (%) |
| 2018 | 205 | 134 | 19.5 (40.6) | 4.2 (16.5) | 65.4 | 108 (80.6) |
| 2019 | 167 | 100 | 17.1 (35.1) | 5.2 (15.8) | 59.9 | 81 (81) |
| 2020 | 96 | 61 | 12.1 (26.24) | 2.2 (6.9) | 63.5 | 54 (88.5) |
| 2021 | 106 | 70 | 17.4 (31.6) | 4.2 (14.3) | 66 | 57 (82.4) |
| 2022 | 48 | 33 | 10.1 (26.9) | 1.6 (6.2) | 68.8 | 31 (94.0) |
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