Starting in July 2018 the ORCR was implemented in the IPRESS-DIRIS Lima Norte using the REFCON instrument that includes five processes, three of which occur in the IPRESS of destiny. Objective: To characterize the references of IPRESS I-4 whose destiny were DIRIS Lima Norte and time to appointment of the encounters. Methods: A cross- sectional study was carried-out from May to October 2019 including seven IPRESS I-4. References by age, sex and specialty were analyzed as well as time to appointment. Statistics for means and proportions were calculated using Stata v.16. Results: A total of 19,951 references from seven IPRESS were included in the analysis. The most common age group was 30-59 years (39.22%): women accounted for 67.04%. We excluded from the final analysis 2,714 references for not having information on time to appointment. Only 23.14% of referrals were accepted in less than 24...