61.   In those cases, patients were referred to qualified doctors, as is the case in every other medical procedure.

62.   Increased attention on comforting the dying has led to calls for referring patients to hospice care earlier and for improving Medicare reimbursement rates.

63.   In the past, Integrated Health would have to refer patients needing respiratory therapy to companies like RoTech, analysts said.

64.   Initially, he said, he would call the doctor first to say he was referring the patient.

65.   In the past, it was common for physicians to refer patients with IBS symptoms to a psychiatrist.

66.   Integrated Health currently must refer patients needing respiratory therapy at home to companies like RoTech.

67.   It lacks a large stable of family practice doctors to refer patients to its high-end specialists.

68.   Kinder said the two Planned Parenthood offices violated the statute by directly referring patients to abortion providers, distributing marketing materials about abortion services and in other ways.

69.   Many doctors served with warrants are investors in the local Columbia network and refer patients to it.

70.   Many HMOs use financial rewards and penalties to discourage doctors from ordering excessive tests and procedures or referring patients unnecessarily to specialists.