We used two different variables to categorize TB cases into national or foreign, this might have resulted in allocation bias.
The upscaling resulted in allocation of 48 respondents into the 'frequent organic' consumption group, of which three were vegetarians.
It was included in the Basic Package of Benefits of the Health Sector Reform resulting in allocation of national budget for programme implementation and service delivery.
Lack of a clear job description has been shown to result in allocation of task outside of the job role as perceived by Peer Workers [ 35].
The mapping process resulted in allocation of the following theoretically-derived factor labels: 1) Seeing Functions: Participation; 2) Moving Around & Communication; 3) Emotional Functions; 4) Walking Around Obstacles; 5) Light; 6) Seeing Functions: Domestic & Social Life; 7) Mobility.
This was thought to result in allocation of resources through incremental budgeting and gut feeling with limited, if any use being made of cost-effectiveness data, scientific literature and public opinion[ 7, 40].
Thus, it is also possible that dividing tissues for different types of analyses may have resulted in allocation of tissue for PCR that did not capture the active lesion or contained insufficient numbers of fungal elements.
The Stages of Recovery Inventory (STORI) is a patient-rated 30-item assessment resulting in allocation to one of three stages of recovery ("Moratorium", "Awareness/Preparation", and "Rebuilding/Growth") [ 44, 45].
The information gathered was manually analysed according to a grounded theory model, resulting in allocation of data into one of three domains: post-suicidal reactions, impact on daily living, and families' need for support.
Furthermore, self-assessment can generate quite different responses, if the risk manager thinks that drawing attention to gaps may result in allocation of increased resources or if gaps may be viewed as a failure on his or her part.
