Table 4.
Interval | Recommended Wait Times (days) | 2019 n = 130 |
2020 n = 103 |
p-Value | ||
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n | Mean (SD 1) Days | n | Mean (SD 1) Days | |||
Referral → Lung cancer specialist | 14 | 130 | 12 (14) | 103 | 11 (13) | 0.67 |
Referral → Diagnosis | 30 | 130 | 59 (51) | 103 | 59 (67) | 0.94 |
Referral → First treatment | 62 | 130 | 79 (47) | 103 | 82 (71) | 0.76 |
Wait for path report | - | 130 | 8 (7.3) | 103 | 8 (7.6) | 0.98 |
Decision-to-treat to FDT 2 | 31 | 130 | 52 (48) | 103 | 51 (61) | 0.94 |
Diagnosis to chemotherapy | 28 | 64 | 38 (25) | 39 | 34 (24) | 0.95 |
Diagnosis to RT 3 | 42 | 24 | 35 (30) | 38 | 46 (33) | 0.31 |
Surgical consult to surgery | 28 | 42 | 64 (43) | 27 | 76 (83) | 0.04 |
Wait for molecular test results | 7 | 73 | 21.9 (9.9) | 51 | 21.6 (8.7) | 0.90 |
1 Standard deviation, 2 first definitive treatments, 3 radiation treatment.