Survey response* | Patient group; wait for surgery, mo; % (and no.) | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rural | Urban | All patients | ||||||||||
<6 | 6–12 | >12 | All | <6 | 6–12 | >12 | All | <6 | 6–12 | >12 | All | |
No not at all | 30 (6) | 37 (19) | 50 (3) | 36 (28) | 19 (3) | 9 ( 5) | 25 (6) | 14 (14) | 25 ( 9) | 22 (24) | 30 ( 9) | 24 (42) |
A small amount | 40 (8) | 17 ( 9) | 50 (3) | 26 (20) | 38 (6) | 29 (17) | 33 (8) | 32 (31) | 39 (14) | 24 (26) | 37 (11) | 29 (51) |
Moderately | 20 (4) | 37 (19) | 0 (0) | 29 (23) | 13 (2) | 34 (20) | 25 (6) | 29 (28) | 17 ( 6) | 35 (39) | 20 ( 6) | 29 (51) |
A lot | 10 (2) | 10 ( 5) | 0 (0) | 9 ( 7) | 31 (5) | 28 (16) | 17 (4) | 26 (25) | 19 ( 7) | 19 (21) | 13 ( 4) | 18 (32) |
↵* Available survey responses (n = 176) to the question “Did the wait for your surgery contribute to a deterioration of your health?”