Timely access and quality of care in colorectal cancer: a population-based cohort study using administrative data

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Table 3 Wait-time benchmark achievement

Wait-time interval	n	Median time (days)	Benchmark	Benchmark achievement (%)
Presentation to diagnosis¹	1807	44	4 weeks	37.1
Diagnosis to surgery- CRC²	2282	19	4 weeks	67.4
Diagnosis to surgery-RC Only²	818	25	4 weeks	56.5
Surgery to adjuvant therapy³	526	66	8 weeks	39.2

¹Presentation date not available if there were no physician visits in the year prior to diagnosis, or if no presentation codes present consistent with those that we identified.
²For rectal cancer patients who received neo-adjuvant radiotherapy, this interval was adjusted by subtracting 10 weeks from the total time between diagnosis to surgery to account for the delivery of radiation and subsequent recovery time prior to surgery.
³Contains stage II, III rectal cancer patients and stage III colon cancer patients who received adjuvant therapy. (i.e., this includes both post-operative chemotherapy and post-operative radiotherapy).

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