Task-shifting to optimize outpatient neurological care in Zambia

Table 4 Patient-reported times waiting and getting into the clinic

Steps	New patient		Follow-up patient
Steps	Minutes median	IQR	Minutes median	IQR
Appointment lag time (days)	30	39	120	129
Getting to the clinic	40	40	40	37.5
1) Arrival to the clinic (h)	7:15 AM	0:56	7:00 AM	1:16
2) Front desk to vital signs	74	88	67	41.5
3) Hand-off clinical files until in examination room with neurologists	96	198	147	125

IQR Interquartile range. 1) Statistics are based on 41 patients over 3 Clinic sessions. 2) All figures are median (IQRS) unless otherwise specified. 3) Not all patients had their vital signs taken (N = 9)

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