When making a medical diagnosis, a lag time is a delay in time until a step towards diagnosis of a disease or condition is made. Types of lag times are mainly:
- Onset-to-medical encounter lag time, the time from onset of symptoms until visiting a health care provider
- Encounter-to-diagnosis lag time, the time from first medical encounter to diagnosis
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