2024-09-052024-09-052024-07-03TAFURI, Gabriela Batista; RIGUEIRAL, Júlia Rodrigues Picazo; RANGEL, Lorrane de Oliveira Braga. Tempo de espera entre referenciamento e atendimento inicial em pacientes oncológicos no Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Goiás. 2024. 21 f. Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Bacharelado em Medicina) - Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2024.http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br//handle/ri/25468Introduction: The Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) is a major advance in terms of national public health, and it is of great importance to evaluate its effectiveness in relation to serving the population. In this sense, it is important to evaluate the waiting time between referral and consultation with a specialist in patients with malignant diseases, as delays in treating these individuals can negatively impact their prognosis and quality of life. Objective: To quantify the average waiting time between the referral of patients with malignant diseases to Primary Health Care and the first specialized care in a tertiary hospital, in the SUS of the state of Goiás (HC-UFG). Methodology: This is a prospective descriptive study, based on primary data from medical records and consultations between the years 2023 and 2024 in the Digestive System Surgery outpatient clinics of HC-UFG. Were included 50 patients with malignant diseases who had referral data, after excluding 44 who did not meet the inclusion criteria. The analyzes were carried out using SPSS software, using descriptive measures such as mean, median and standard deviation of waiting times. Results: The average waiting time was 17.16 days, ranging from 4 to 60 days, with a standard deviation of 12.418, indicating considerable variation. Most waiting times were around 20 days, with 25% of patients waiting up to 8 days, 50% up to 12.5 days, and 75% up to 23.75 days. Therefore, 15% of patients waited more than 23 days. Conclusion: The average waiting time found was shorter than other services according to a bibliographic review, highlighting the efficiency of the regulatory complex. However, the study faces limitations, such as the lack of knowledge of the time from suspicion to referral. Similar studies are recommended in other SUS hospitals to assess whether this phenomenon can be generalized to other regions of the state.porAcesso AbertoTempo de esperaSUSNeoplasias malignasEncaminhamentoWaiting timeSUSMalignant neoplasmsReferralTrabalho de conclusão de curso de graduação (TCCG)