Table 3.

Comparison of ideal and observed turnaround time at each step of care

Step	N[*]	Ideal turnaround time	Observed turnaround time
			Overall	Chemotherapy		Radiotherapy
				Median (IQR)	p- value[†]	Median (IQR)	p-value[‡]
Step 1	50	1 days	0 (0–1)	0 (0–1)	0.009	0 (0 – 1)	0.041
Step 2	40	5 days	8.5 (6 – 15.5)	14 (7–20)	0.003	6 (4 – 8)	0.483
Step 3	40	1 day	1 (0 – 2)	0 (0 – 1)	0.011	2 (1 – 5)	0.042
Step 4	29	1 day - Chemotherapy 7 days - Radiotherapy	6 (0 – 21)	1 (0 – 2)	0.792	20 (7 – 43)	0.017

^[*]N = number of patients who completed the respective step of care pathway

^[†]P-value comparing the ideal and observed turnaround time to chemotherapy

^[‡]P-value comparing the ideal and observed turnaround time to radiotherapy

Step 1: Registration, Triage and First evaluation

Step 2: Staging investigations

Step 3: Oncologist review, and treatment prescription

Step 4: Cancer treatment initiation