TABLE 4.
Effect of the presence of alarm features on median total wait times for provinces with at least 45 recorded audits and nationally
| Alarm features* |
Median total wait in days, 25th–75th percentile, audits |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BC | AB | ON | QC | NB | NS | National | |
| One or more present | 41, 20–100, n=171 | 49, 16–129, n=93 | 62, 23–133, n=316 | 46, 14–124, n=92 | 65, 22–118, n=65 | 17, 14–38, n=21 | 49, 18–119, n=781 |
| None present | 104, 33–337, n=203 | 231, 116–311, n=102 | 153, 83–261, n=372 | 90, 42–160, n=161 | 219, 97–280, n=59 | 74, 36–119, n=26 | 135, 63–262, n=943 |
*Alarm features include abdominal mass, dysphagia, positive occult blood test, anemia, bloody diarrhea, melena or rectal bleeding, hematemesis, vomiting, jaundice and weight loss (8). AB Alberta; BC British Columbia; NB New Brunswick; NS Nova Scotia; ON Ontario; QC Quebec