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. 2017 Aug 10;7(4):241–248. doi: 10.1016/j.jegh.2017.08.001

Table 2a.

Durations and delays among new and retreatment patients.

New (n = 49) Retreatment (n = 15) Entire cohort (n = 64)
Total patient pathway
  Duration < 35 days 32 (65%) 9 (60%) 41 (64%)
  Duration ≥ 35 days 17 (35%) 6 (40%) 23 (36%)
  Mean in days (range) 41 (1–164) 38 (8–90) 40 (1–164)
  Median in days 27 26 27
First care seeking
  Duration < 15 days 34 (69%) 10 (67%) 44 (69%)
  Duration ≥ 15 days 15 (31%) 5 (33%) 20 (31%)
  Mean in days (range) 15 (0–122) 16 (0–61) 15 (0–122)
  Median in days 7 13 9
Diagnostic delay
  Duration < 15 days 31 (63%) 9 (60%) 40 (62%)
  Duration ≥ 15 days 18 (37%) 6 (40%) 24 (38%)
  Mean in days (range) 24 (0–131) 22 (1–71) 23 (0 – 131)
  Median in days 9 8 9
Treatment initiation
  Duration < 7 days 44 (90%) 15 (100%) 59 (92%)
  Duration > 7 days 5 (10%) 0 5 (8%)
  Mean in days (range) 2 (0–30) 0 (0–5) 2 (0–30)
  Median in days 0 0 0