Secondary interval-scaled outcomes will be tested using t-tests and analyses of covariance (ANCOVA, if baseline measurement of the outcome is available).
Composite interval analysis revealed secondary intervals on Chr 14 (40.3- 49.2 Mb) and Chr 18 (58.2-74.9 Mb) work additively with the Chr 6 QTL in modulated NPC proliferation in the RMS.
Urgent referral for suspected cancer was implemented in Denmark on 1 April 2008 to reduce the secondary care interval (i.e. the time interval from the general practitioner's first referral of a patient to secondary health care until treatment is initiated).
The secondary care interval is presented as medians with interquartile intervals (IQIs) because data were not normally distributed.
Urgent referral had a positive effect on the secondary care interval, and Vejle Hospital remarkably managed to shorten the intervals even further.
However, knowledge about the association between the secondary care interval and urgent referral remains scarce.
However, knowledge about the actual association between the secondary care interval and urgent referrals is scarce.
Estimation of the secondary care interval was primarily based on data obtained from the GP questionnaires.
The median secondary care interval decreased overall after the introduction of urgent referrals for suspected cancer.
The secondary care interval decreased significantly after the national introduction of urgent referrals for suspected cancer.
