Comparison of time parameters and service use in infants, children, and adults with enterovirus meningitis in 2008–09 with those of a previous observational study in 2005a.

aReference study [3].bOnly the patients (infants. children. and adults) admitted to hospital between Sunday 10 a.m. and Friday 10 a.m. were included (n = 98).*i.e. time from event 1 to event 2 = event 2 - event 1, negative values meaning event 2 occurred before event 1.e.g. time from results to discharge equal to −0.3 hr means that results were available 0.3 h after patients’ discharge.