The phrase "a cause of delay" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing factors or reasons that contribute to a postponement or holdup in a process or event.
Example: "The heavy rain was a cause of delay in the construction project, pushing back the completion date."
Alternatives: "a reason for the delay" or "a factor contributing to the delay."
One factor said to be a cause of delay is the practice of sending witnesses relevant sections of a draft report in which they are criticised.
It was also mentioned that conflicting treatment preferences between care-givers and decision-makers were a cause of delay: one hospital mother reported that although she had wanted to take her child to the hospital sooner, elderly members of the extended family had advised her to go to the traditional healer for makang'a treatment first.
Women's aversion to intrusive medical examinations was widely blamed as a cause of delay in the treatment of cervical cancer, so this was clearly an area where women's otherwise unmet health-care needs would be best served by medical women.
The perceived effects included the following: Lack of drugs at the facility was mentioned as a cause of delay in the provision of services, especially when emergency obstetric situations occurred.
Respondents from professional backgrounds cited this rigid, 3-day 'window' for test completion as a cause of delay and subsequent non-completion because it was not possible to fit the test requirements in with their bowel movements or routine and lifestyle.
Therefore, brain inflammation is suggested as a cause of delayed neuronal injury that follows primary injury.
This experiment also excludes a possibility that the TNT/Gr68a male has a defect in detecting volatile pheromones via Gr68a-positive gustatory neurons as a cause of delayed initiation since his performance is equal to that of the control male under conditions in which he must use olfaction to locate the target.
Piperacillin/tazobactam was identified as a cause of delayed renal recovery in critically ill patients.
A lack of attention to individual protection measures by healthcare workers (HCWs) has also been described as a cause of delayed diagnosis [ 4].
Inability to recognise the severity of the patient's condition has likewise been cited as a cause of delays in ICU admission.
The recurrence and rupture of lesions were continuous in the disease course, and autolysis of the aneurysm secondary to thrombosis formation after treatment may be a cause of delayed aneurysm rupture [ 35].
