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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2017 Apr 16;12(3):131–139. doi: 10.1177/1556264617704294

Table B. Turnaround time measures for expedited reviews, by year.

Year Total Turnaround Time IRB Processing and Review Time PI Response Time
Mean SD Median Mean SD Median Mean SD Median
Overall (N=1895) 43.3 36.6 33.0 24.5 18.0 20.0 18.8 26.2 9.00
2008 (N=145) 50.9 32.7 48.0 32.8 18.0 31.0 18.1 22.2 11.0
2009 (N=343) 47.9 35.3 38.0 29.0 18.1 25.0 18.9 23.4 9.00
2010 (N=312) 52.7 37.7 45.0 32.7 21.3 28.0 20.0 24.5 12.0
2011 (N=325) 42.5 37.3 31.0 25.1 18.5 20.0 17.4 25.1 9.00
2012 (N=318) 29.9 28.3 20.0 16.8 14.4 13.0 13.1 20.7 4.50
2013 (N=317) 39.8 39.0 30.0 18.0 11.6 16.0 21.8 32.0 11.0
2014 (N=135) 43.0 41.4 32.0 17.4 10.8 16.0 25.6 35.5 14.0

Note: IRB – Institutional Review Board; PI – Principal Investigator; SD – standard deviation.