The phrase "accrual process" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to accounting, finance, or business practices where revenue and expenses are recorded when they are earned or incurred, rather than when cash is exchanged.
Example: "The accrual process allows companies to match income and expenses in the period they occur, providing a more accurate financial picture."
Alternatives: "revenue recognition process" or "expense recognition method".
Consistent with prior studies that have analyzed accruals, we also exclude firms in the banking and insurance industry because their accrual process is different from that of industrial firms.
Nurses at each study location assisted with the accrual process.
The Data and Statistical Coordinating Center will prepare weekly reports on the accrual process for the trial.
They found very poor reporting of the patient accrual process, with only 31 studies (18%) screening from a consecutive series of patients [ 14].
If we succeed in recruiting convalescent and respite residents, the accrual process may be completed in less time than conservatively estimated.
However, the accrual and treatment process is still ongoing, and several years of follow up are needed to determine if there is any survival benefit.
Although one large-scale, phase III trial of adjuvant metformin has been initiated in women with breast cancer (NCIC CTG MA.32) [ 1], the accrual and treatment process is still ongoing, and several years of follow-up are needed to determine survival benefits.
We also considered site variation in restrictions on the accrual and data collection process imposed by either the local research ethics board or the hospital.
To investigate the accrual rates and recruitment processes among 3 Midwestern sites during a pilot study on manual therapy for chronic pelvic pain.
Such information often accrues only after a genetic test is commercialized and linked with clinical data for many patients—in other words, long after the patent office has issued a patent that may itself impede the process of information accrual and data sharing.
Details of processes for patient accrual, collection of clinical follow up information, pathological review, isolation of nucleic acids, and preparation of tissue microarrays are described previously [5].
