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
GP referral to examination at the surgical outpatient clinic (days)
Internal hospital referral to day case surgery (days)
Total waiting time (days)
Waiting timea (mean)
122
119
241
Standard deviation
118
92
154