Table 3.

Average encounter times (minutes)

	CL	OR	OR +	p-value	CL vs OR	CL vs OR+	OR vs OR+
Total event time	129.1	171.7	1571.6	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Clinic time	99.1
Pre-operative time		70.1	77.0	0.559
OR time		42.8	33.0	0.004
Anaesthesia time		49.3	38.8	0.015
Procedure time		20.0	14.1	0.009
PACU time		63.0	59.1	0.748
Hospital time			1540.6

CL, clinic; OR, operation room; OR+, OR + admission; PACU, post-anaesthesia care unit