In addition, Freedom from Torture has received 17 referrals, to either its Medico-Legal Servits or itherapeutictreatmentment services, for people - including a child in one case - tortured after President Sirisena's election in January 2015.
In one study, Lairson and colleagues randomized their patients who received FOBT and flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) referrals to either two rounds of mailed reminders, two rounds of tailored mailed reminders, or two rounds of reminder telephone calls along with the tailored mailed reminder [ 18].
This practice leaves little room for deliberate patterns of selective referral to either specific hospitals or attending physicians.
Based on the randomization scheme, two research assistants prepared sealed envelopes containing a referral to either the intervention group or the control group.
Functional annotations were obtained, as indicated in each case, by referral to either the Gene Ontology (GO) (http://www.geneontology.org), KEGG pathways (http://www.genome.ad.jp/kegg/pathway.html), TRANSFAC® (vers. 7.4, http://www.gene-regulation.com/), or miRBase (http://www.mirbase.org/, Source-version miRanda 3.0) databases.
The eligibility requirements for inclusion in the study were referral to either the optometrist or the multidisciplinary low-vision service by an ophthalmologist, age over 50 years, no previous contact with low-vision rehabilitation services, irreversible vision loss, adequate understanding of the Dutch language, and adequate cognitive abilities.
The average cost of treating a case of invasive anal cancer from referral through to either completion of follow-up or death was estimated to be £16,473 (between £14,335 and £23,089 based on sensitivity analysis) when future inflation was taken into account and £16,281 between £14,143 and £22,884) when it was not.
A website will also be set up that enables confidential referrals to be made either by Care Coordinators or directly from relatives.
How about a mobile app with videos and practice tests in a variety of subjects plus a chat function for access to a standby tutor, in case you get stuck, and referrals to longer-term help (either online or in person) if needed?
Acute care is organised in a manner where referrals to hospital are made either from a community-based ED or a general practitioner.
Outcomes were attendance of assessment appointments (accessibility of care) and referral of children to either extra PYHC assessment or external specialised care (delivery of preventive care).
