Table 2.
Time to the initial appointment and discharge at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
| Face-to-face | Virtual clinic | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Routine (n = 8756) | Urgent (n = 1436) | Routine (n = 2201) | Urgent (n = 16) | |
| Time from referral to initial appointment (days) | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 80.9 (44.4) | 27.9 (30.1) | 66.9 (35.9) | 30.9 (19.3) |
| Median [min, max] | 76.0 [0.00, 1840] | 18.0 [0.00, 303] | 63.0 [2.00, 406] | 21.0 [12.0, 78.0] |
| First appointment outcome | ||||
| Follow-up | 7677 (87.7%) | 1308 (91.1%) | 1987 (90.3%) | 13 (81.2%) |
| Discharge | 1079 (12.3%) | 128 (8.9%) | 214 (9.7%) | 3 (18.8%) |
| Time from referral to discharge (days) | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 86.3 (37.0) | 33.8 (34.2) | 71.7 (30.8) | 66.0 (8.19) |
| Median [min, max] | 81.0 [0.00, 344] | 24.5 [4.00, 248] | 70.0 [17.0, 244] | 68.0 [57.0, 73.0] |
| Missing | 7677 (87.7%) | 1308 (91.1%) | 1987 (90.3%) | 13 (81.2%) |
Mean duration between receiving a patient referral and first attended appointment was calculated and sub-stratified by clinic type (face-to-face and virtual clinic) as well as referral urgency (routine and urgent). For patients whose initial appointment resulted in the clinician’s decision to discharge, duration between initial referral and date of discharge decision were similarly extrapolated. SD signifies standard deviation.