And those that are deemed to be routine are brought to referral allocation meeting, and we discuss them.
Non-consent by many members of the CMHTs to the recording their referral allocation meetings limits the usefulness of the data from transcripts of allocation meetings and may limit the generalisability of this aspect of the study.
Cyst staging and the experience gathered in a number of referral centres allowed for a more rational allocation of uncomplicated cysts to the different available treatments (surgery, medical therapy, percutaneous interventions or "watch-and-wait" approach) [ 4].
Barriers to higher Indigenous transplant rates may be related to system level factors including criteria (implicit or explicit) used for organ allocation [ 9- 11]; reduced likelihood of referral for transplant evaluation and failure to complete the work-up requirements [ 12].
A waiting-list controlled design was utilised and group allocation was determined by the order of referral.
Design Parallel randomised controlled trial stratified by recruitment site and source of referral, with 13 months' follow-up and outcome assessors blinded to group allocation.
The first hypothesis predicting greater ease of referral in the other-referral condition compared to self-referral was confirmed.
In Victoria the rate of referral was 93%.
Four patients were smokers at the time of referral.
Non-physicians reported fewer such referrals, more use of referral guidelines and more weight on radiation dose.
