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Table 6 Number of working days to be waited leading up to appointment date according to insurance status and specialist field/intervention

From: Waiting times for elective treatments according to insurance status: A randomized empirical study in Germany

 

Working days to be waited leading up to intervention

  

Intervention/Examination

SHI

PHI

Difference in working days

Difference expressed in % of PHI-waiting time

Allergy test and pulmonary function test

26.0

8.4

17.6

210%

Pupil dilation

25.2

8.2

17

207.3%

MRT of the knee

14.1

4.6

9.5

206.5%

Gastroscopy

36.7

11.9

24.8

208.4%

Hearing test

6.8

2.2

4.6

209%