Highlights
New neurology access was not fast: among 114,034 commercially insured enrollees, the mean wait time after a primary care or emergency department visit was 49.7 days and the median was 25.0 days, with a wide spread of delays.
Adjusted wait times were shorter for women and for patients whose presenting neurologic condition was stroke, dizziness or vertigo, or traumatic brain injury, but longer for multiple sclerosis.
