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Fig. 3

From: Prolonged wait time is associated with increased mortality for Chilean waiting list patients with non-prioritized conditions

Fig. 3

Association between Medical Center-Specific Hazard Ratio (HR) for Death and Medical Center-Specific Waiting Time Performance. Panel a, median waiting time against HR; Panel b, mean waiting time against HR; Panel c, standard deviation of waiting time against HR. Kendall rank correlation coefficient measured no statistically significant association between the medical centers’ median and mean waiting times and the medical centers’ HR for death (Panel a and b). The same examination found a statistically significant positive correlation between the medical centers’ standard deviation of waiting time and the medical centers’ HR for death (Panel c). Medical centers with < 30 patients in their waiting lists during the study timeframe were excluded from the analyses. Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation

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