Table 4.

Time (days) from receipt of physiotherapy referral to appointment

Priority	Period	n	Mean (sd)	Median	p-value
Orthopedic & Neurodevelopmental Services Combined
1	Prea	636	12.8 (19.6)	4	0.81
	Postb	1770	13.2 (20.2)	5
2	Pre	838	23.7 (16.3)	20	0.60
	Post	3039	22.7 (14.3)	20
3	Pre	75	32.5 (21.2)	29	0.60
	Post	597	30.2 (16.7)	26
Neurodevelopmental Service Only
1	Pre	163	30.7 (25.5)	27	0.11
	Post	384	34.8 (26.9)	30
2	Pre	289	29.8 (17.9)	28	<0.0001
	Post	811	24.3 (17.0)	21
3	Pre	12	37.3 (30.4)	21	0.87
	Post	255	31.7 (16.4)	28
Orthopedic Service Only
1	Pre	473	6.6 (12.1)	1	0.43
	Post	1385	7.3 (12.5)	1
2	Pre	549	20.4 (14.3)	17	<0.0001
	Post	2228	22.1 (13.1)	20
3	Pre	63	31.6 (19.2)	32	0.25
	Post	342	29.1 (16.9)	26

Bold p-values indicate a result that is statistically significant at α =0.05

^aPre: refers to the pre-central intake implementation period

^bPost: refers to the post-central intake implementation period