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| Study | Diagnostic delay, median (IQR), days | Population diagnosed after 30 days, % | Characteristic of population |
Patient delay | Physician delay | Lag time |
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HIC (countries with GNP per capita income of $12.196 or more according to the World Bank Classification) | Klein Geltink et al. [10] Canada | 7 (1–19) | 1 (0–11) | NA* | NA* | 826 patients aged 0–15 (1995–2000) |
Thulesius et al. [12] Sweden | 7 (0–91) | 0 (0–63) | 21 (0–105) | 24% | 25 patients aged 0–16 (1984–1995) |
Saha et al. [11] United Kingdom | NA* | NA* | 21 (7–224) | NA* | 65 patients aged 0–15 (1982–1990) |
Flores et al. [9] U.S.A. | NA* | NA* | NA* | 18,7% | 123 patients aged 0-20 (1976–1984) |
Dang-Tan et al. [6] Canada | 8 (1–21) | 3 (1–14) | 19 (9–36) | NA* | 944 patients aged 0–19 (1995–2000) |
De Angelis et al. (this paper) Italy | 5 (1–13) | 7 (2–4) | 16.5 (7–33,5) | 18,5% | 81 patients aged 0–16 (2006–2009) |
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LIC | Fajardo-Gutiérrez et al. [8] Mexico | NA* | NA* | NA* | 47% | 1676 patients aged 0–14 (1981–1992) |
B. O. James et al. [14] Nigeria | NA* | NA* | 56 (14–252) | NA* | 9 patients aged 1–14 (2006–2008) |
Stefan et al. [15] South Africa | 4 (NA*) | 22 (NA*) | 31 (NA*) | NA* | 63 patients aged 0–15 (2000–2009) |
De Angelis et al. (this paper) Nicaragua | 7 (1,5–15) | 16.5 (7–33,5) | 29 (18–44) | 45,7% | 81 patients aged 0–16 (2006–2009) |
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