Sentence examples for referral frequency from inspiring English sources

The referral frequency steadily increased over time, from 70% in 1983 to 84% in 2003.

However, adding hospital referral frequency to our multivariate analyses showed no influence of referral on overall and relative survival or RER.

This study sets a benchmark for referral frequency in order to allow interpretation of referral rates in rural Niger, thus rendering them intelligible for diagnostic and planning purposes.

Within small working groups moderated by members of our department, plans for monitoring visits (examinations, referral frequency), relevant drugs (including dosage), and documentation forms were developed and brought to a consensus with all participants.

To ensure representation based on referral frequency, we generated lists of PCP's who referred less often (1 3 patients in the 18 months) as well as those who referred more frequently (4 9 patients in 18 months).

In 2005 Xue et al. [ 10, 11] conducted a study on the uses of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) by Australians, which included a specific section on osteopathy, covering the prevalence of the use of osteopathy, demographic characteristics of patients, presenting conditions, referral frequency, and perceived benefits and adverse effects of treatment.

Participants included 22 primary care physicians representing a variety of referral frequencies, practice types and settings.

As a result, a variety of referral frequencies, practice types (solo, group) and settings (rural, suburban and urban), were represented in our sample.

Variables included in the final model were age (<50, 50 59, 60 69, >70), stage based on collapsed TNM data (stage 1,2a, 2b, 3/4, unknown), hospital volume (<20 patients operated, ≥20 patients operated), frequency of referral (high referral [>33.3%], low referral [≤33.3%]), and time since diagnosis (1-year intervals).

Decisions about referral and appointment frequency were at the discretion of the practitioner (nursing or medical) seeing the patient.

This suggests factors other than availability of pre-ESRD modality education and timing of referral influence the frequency with which patients utilize home-based dialysis.