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Table 2 Children’s wait time in days between referral received/seen in the outpatient department and elective surgery

From: Successful prioritisation of inguinal herniotomies in children during the COVID-19 pandemic to minimise emergency presentations

Wait time in days

Median (days)

Interquartile range (days)

2019 referral to surgery

56

35–126

2019 aOPD to surgery

73

37.5–129.25

2019 referral to OPD

13

8–18

2020 referral to surgery

59

26.5–196.5

2020 OPD to surgery

83

28–157

2020 referral to OPD

15

8.7–56.2

  1. aOPD outpatient department