Table 1.
Distribution of studies included for the meta-analysis of delayed medical consultations.
| Classification | Total | Symptom | First consultant | Transfer | Insurance | Pandemic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 15 | N = 8 | Place of data origin | N = 5 | Place of data origin | N = 3 | Place of data origin | N = 2 | Place of data origin | N = 3 | Place of data origin | |
| Year of publication | |||||||||||
| 2015–2020 | 4 | 4 | Poland, US | - | - | 1 | US | - | - | - | - |
| 2020–2025 | 11 | 4 | China, France, and Serbia | 5 | Serbia, China, US, France, and Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | US | 2 | China and US | 3 | Croatia and US |
| Region | |||||||||||
| Asia-Pacific | 2 | 2 | China | 2 | China | - | - | 1 | China | - | - |
| Eastern Europe | 4 | 2 | Serbia, Poland | 2 | Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | - | - | - | 1 | Croatia |
| Western Europe | 1 | 1 | France | 1 | France | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| North America | 8 | 3 | US | 1 | US | 3 | US | 1 | US | 2 | US |
| Source of data | |||||||||||
| Self-report or interview | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | US | - | - | - | - |
| Register database | 15 | 8 | Serbia, China, US, France, and Poland | 5 | China, France, US, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | US | 2 | China, US | 3 | Croatia, US |
Symptom: nausea or vomiting, fever, abdominal pain, hydrocele; first consultant: misdiagnosis, first-consultant medical institution, preoperative ultrasound, manual detorsion.