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Time from the first medical encounter for SLE clinical manifestation to access to SLE\u2010specialized care, physician diagnosis, and treatment was estimated. Delays were defined as \u22656 months to access specialized care. We compared SLE manifestations, disease activity, and Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics\/American College of Rheumatology damage indexes (SDI) between patients with and without delays. Logistic regression models assessed associations with delays.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study included 373 patients with SLE. The median time to access SLE\u2010specialized care was 1.1 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.9\u20131.5) months, time to diagnosis was 30.6 (95% CI 18.9\u201348.1) months, and time to treatment initiation was 4.7 (95% CI 3.9\u20138.4) months. Approximately 25% of patients (93 out of 373) experienced delays accessing specialized care, which were associated with fewer SLE manifestations at first SLE\u2010related encounter (fewer than two SLE domains; 92% vs 72%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001). Patients with mucocutaneous or musculoskeletal manifestations were less likely to experience delays, whereas hematologic (odds ratio [OR] 1.71, 95% CI 1.03\u20132.84) or antiphospholipid antibodies domains (OR 6.05, 95% CI 2.46\u201314.88) were associated with delays. Delays were associated with damage at first access to SLE\u2010specialized care (SDI \u22651; 30% vs 7%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients follow a heterogeneous pathway to receive care. One\u2010fourth of patients experienced delays accessing SLE\u2010specialized care, which was associated with disease\u2010related damage. 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