In 2018, Italians had to wait the longest to get an appointment for a colonoscopy, among all the possible health checks. In fact, the average waiting period for a colonoscopy was of almost 112 days, while it was 100 days for a gastroscopy and 41 days for an eye examination.
Average waiting time to get an appointment for a health check in a public facility in Italy as of 2018, by category*
(in days)
*The figures represent an average calculated by the source taking into account four Italian regions, namely, Emilia-Romagna, Liguria, Marche and Sicily.
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CREA Sanità, & Università degli studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", & Quotidiano Sanità. (January 30, 2019). Average waiting time to get an appointment for a health check in a public facility in Italy as of 2018, by category* (in days) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/818993/waiting-time-for-health-checks-in-public-facilities-by-category-in-italy/
CREA Sanità, und Università degli studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", und Quotidiano Sanità. "Average waiting time to get an appointment for a health check in a public facility in Italy as of 2018, by category* (in days)." Chart. January 30, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/818993/waiting-time-for-health-checks-in-public-facilities-by-category-in-italy/
CREA Sanità, Università degli studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", Quotidiano Sanità. (2019). Average waiting time to get an appointment for a health check in a public facility in Italy as of 2018, by category* (in days). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/818993/waiting-time-for-health-checks-in-public-facilities-by-category-in-italy/
CREA Sanità, and Università degli studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", and Quotidiano Sanità. "Average Waiting Time to Get An Appointment for a Health Check in a Public Facility in Italy as of 2018, by Category* (in Days)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jan 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/818993/waiting-time-for-health-checks-in-public-facilities-by-category-in-italy/
CREA Sanità & Università degli studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" & Quotidiano Sanità, Average waiting time to get an appointment for a health check in a public facility in Italy as of 2018, by category* (in days) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/818993/waiting-time-for-health-checks-in-public-facilities-by-category-in-italy/ (last visited January 08, 2025)
Average waiting time to get an appointment for a health check in a public facility in Italy as of 2018, by category* (in days) [Graph], CREA Sanità, & Università degli studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", & Quotidiano Sanità, January 30, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/818993/waiting-time-for-health-checks-in-public-facilities-by-category-in-italy/
