A study in New South Wales reported a 2% increase in Pap smear uptake with the addition of a reminder letter [ 28], whilst a similar intervention study in Belgium observed a 6.4% increase [ 26].
In addition, receiving a reminder from a doctor to get the flu shot is an important structural facilitator for immunization [ 65].
Their results showed that increasingly intensive patient-directed interventions resulted in higher ICERs, with the most unfavorable ICER of $5842 coming from the addition of a reminder telephone call to a tailored mailed reminder [ 18].
In addition an email reminder was sent to everyone between the second and third mailing.
In addition to sending a reminder to the patients, each GP was mailed a table summarising the following data to be collected for each patient: the date of skin examination, the identification or not of a suspicious lesion and whether the patient was referred to a dermatologist.
Diabetes clinics that provide patients with information on when and where to go, where to park, what to bring, whom they will see, and what to expect, in addition to providing a reminder call prior to the appointment, dramatically reduce initial non-attendance rate [ 46].
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In addition, many individuals require a reminder to eat or drink during hypoglycemia and should not be left unsupervised until such treatment has taken place and the blood glucose value has returned to the normal range.
In addition to the questionnaire design, a reminder could be included at the beginning of each ACASI session, reminding participants that they are not obliged to answer any question that they find upsetting or inappropriate and may withdrawal from the research at anytime without giving a reason [33].
