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Table 1 Waiting time reported by the Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs for surgical outpatient examination and surgery in Norway, February 2008 [3].

From: The One-stop trial: Does electronic referral and booking by the general practitioner (GPs) to outpatient day case surgery reduce waiting time and costs? A randomized controlled trial protocol

 

Outpatient

Consultation

(weeks)

Outpatient

Surgery

(weeks)

Gallstones

2–22

2–30

Inguinal hernia

2–22

2–28

Pilonidal sinus

2–30

2–48

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