Table 2.

Specialists’ Ratings of Timeliness, Complexity, and Appropriateness of Referrals

Rating	n
Timeliness*
1	0
2	1
3	2
4	2
5	81
6	4
7	3
8	1
9	0
Complexity†
1	3
2	10
3	15
4	10
5	32
6	10
7	11
8	3
9	1
Appropriateness‡
1	3
2	1
3	3
4	1
5	10
6	11
7	24
8	18
9	24

^*n = 94 (although 95 Specialist Postreferral Questionnaires were returned, one specialist failed to respond to this question.) Ratings based on a 9-point scale where 1 indicates clearly premature; 5, timely; and 9, clearly delayed.

^†n = 95. Ratings base on a 9-point scale where 1 indicates extremely simple; 5, average complexity; and 9, extremely complex.

^‡n = 95. Ratings based on a 9-point scale where 1 indicates highly inappropriate; 5, possibly appropriate; and 9, highly appropriate.