Protocol: Waiting time and ways of accessing specialized health services in public hospitals in Ecuador

• Marcelo Armijos Briones ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: fernandoarmijos@uees.edu.ec

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5500-4768

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• Sammy Figueroa Intriago,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador

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• Antonio Lanata-Flores,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3851-1506

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• Pablo Benitez Sellán,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador

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• Oscar Marcillo Toala,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8441-4555

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• Patricia Estefanía Ayala Aguirre

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador

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