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Table 2 Mean and median time between the request and the treatment starts

From: Access to high-cost medications for psoriatic arthritis in the National Health System in Brazil: the long path up to dispensation

Main Dates

Step Description

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

 T9 - T0

Prescription to dispensation

75.2 (47.4)

66 (49–90)

 T1 - T0

Prescription to opening

13.0 (24.6)

6 (0–24)

 T8 - T1

State Procedure

40.1 (26.0)

33 (25–45)

 T9 - T8

Acceptance to Dispensation

23.8 (34.6)

19 (14–27)

State Proceedings

Step Description

Mean

Median

 T2 - T1

Opening to registration

4.3 (8.3)

0 (0–6)

 T3 - T2

Registration to protocol

1.2 (7.3)

2 (1–3)

 T4 - T3

Protocol to SAF

12.0 (23.0)

5 (3–7)

 T5 - T4

SAF to analyst

8.1 (7.1)

6 (3–13)

 T6 - T5

Analyst to appraisal

7.6 (6.3)

6 (5–8)

 T7 - T6

Appraisal to SAF

5.3 (3.2)

5 (3–7)

 T8 - T7

SAF to Regional

1.6 (1.2)

1 (1–3)

  1. SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range