61.   Health maintenance organizations played a big part by insisting that patients first get a referral from a general practitioner.

62.   His patients do not get the blinding, uniform laminates derisively known in the trade as Chiclets.

63.   Hoehn said patients should get personal referrals from other patients.

64.   If angiography shows blockage, the patient gets bypass surgery or an artery-expanding procedure called angioplasty.

65.   If a burn is believed to be shallow enough to heal within two or three weeks, Heimbach said, the patient gets antibiotic salve and is left alone.

66.   If the patient gets sick and uses all the money in the pool, the HMO -- and not the doctor -- is responsible for making up the difference.

67.   Imam Zakat patrols the AIDS ward, seeing patients get thinner each visit.

68.   In most cases the condition was reversed after patients got emergency treatment or as the drug wore off.

69.   In other words, it tracks whether patients are getting preventive care like mammograms and immunizations.

70.   In urgent cases, patients would get an expedited decision.