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Fig. 1 | BMC Family Practice

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From: Impact of a continuing medical education meeting on the use and timing of urgent cancer referrals among general practitioners - a before-after study

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Time periods used for classifying patient populations. The cluster-specific time period used for identifying urgently referred patients in the primary care referral database (light boxes = time before CME-M; dark boxes = time after CME-M). The method at the top was applied for evaluating CME-M effect on referral rates and patient contacts with general practice. The method at the bottom was used for evaluating CME-M effect on primary care intervals

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