Study design and patient population
The COLOFOL trial: study design and comparison of the study population with the source cancer population
... the study population does not reflect the target population, due to too narrow inclusion criteria and/or nonrandom exclusion of eligible ...general patient population and might explain ...
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A case study: patient-centered hospital design
... combined population of 215,000 that includes Wexford, McCandless, Cranberry, Mars, Gibsonia, Allison Park, Zelienople, Franklin Park, and other surrounding communities, all under one ...quality ...
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On the application of data-driven population segmentation to design patient-centred integrated care
... However, these factors will depend on local circumstances and cannot easily be explored in a theoretical study such as this one. Another limitation that could be raised is that the simple formula was developed to ...
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Title: Rationale and background: Research question: Study design: Study population:
... this study SITT was initiated by specialists ...of patient hospitalisation history, and are more likely to be seeing a patients as a result of a recent hospitalised ...
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH. Introduction. Patients and Methods. Study Design and Population
... During the course of the study, we recorded five times more impulsive shocks in ambulances than in helicopters. With continuous interactions with roads and traffic, a driver may potentially have greater influence ...
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The Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Registry and Patient Survey: study design, methods and patient baseline characteristics
... on patient care, a disease registry provides data on patient care in actual practice settings, and changes in management over ...protocol, patient visits are not controlled, and enrolment criteria ...
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The OxVALVE population cohort study (OxVALVE-PCS)—population screening for undiagnosed valvular heart disease in the elderly: study design and objectives
... entire population of each participating practice is screened and all those aged 65 years or greater without known VHD are invited to ...Potential study participants are identi fi ed from practice lists by ...
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Evaluation of a practical expert defined approach to patient population segmentation: a case study in Singapore
... in population segmentation is to iden- tify a population groups that are homogeneous enough in terms of healthcare needs or risk to enable rational customization of ...our study managed to identify ...
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Risk factors for developing inflammatory breast cancer: an epidemiological study of a single patient population
... METHODS Design and Approval This study utilized clinical data from a retrospective analysis of 275 patients with the diagnosis of inflammatory breast cancer seen at Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and ...
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Population based cohort study of outpatients with pneumonia: rationale, design and baseline characteristics
... this population is, the findings should aid clinicians in the routine care of their outpatients with pneumonia and help define the next generation of research ...
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Population and study design
... Twenty-two locally trained fieldworkers were employed, with two assigned to each community. Each fieldworker received thorough training in conducting the interviews using the respiratory health questionnaire before the ...
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Study population The main characteristics of the patient or target population studied were not described.
... the study The authors suggested that the decision to use an alternative first-line therapy for uncomplicated UTI should not be made on the basis of drug acquisition costs ...
Study design and patient recruitment for the Japan Polyp Study
... This study had some limitations. We often used high- magnification endoscopes, because these are commonly available at Japanese academic centers. 5,6 However, there was no disease entity of sessile serrated ...
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The Million Women Study: design and characteristics of the study population
... those cancers in the analyses of the relation between use of HRT and breast cancer. Because the entire cohort is being followed up for deaths, it will also be possible to look at the relationship between use of HRT and ...
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Design Population-based retrospective cohort study.
... a population-based study for patients treated for alcoholism and other nonnicotine drugs of dependence, though earlier case series did report high suicide rates in ...general population, with an ...
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Disease Impact And Patient Insight A Study on a Local Population of Asthmatics
... The authors interviewed the patients using a standard questionnaire. Four treatment goals recommended by GINN were used to assess disease impact: 1) Minimum day symptoms (We defined this[r] ...
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The Older Population and the Aged Patient
... In contrast to younger patients, the majority of old people do not seek medical help for acute illnesses; rather, they seek help for chronic conditions.. However,[r] ...
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The frail elderly patient population
... To evaluate the failing heart, one needs to think in terms of myocar- dial efficiency, not blood pressure. Efficiency of the heart is measured in terms of oxygen demand by the heart balanced against the stroke work index ...
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A long-term patient perspective after hemispherotomy – A population based study
... this study is that it is population based and includes all Swedish hemispherotomy patients operated 1995– ...the patient files and medical histories of the ...the study almost exclusively ...
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Ergonomic Evaluation and Design Process for Healthcare Products: A Case Study of Patient Transfer Design
... 3. DISCUSSION 37 Active cooperation of hospital Although the field test is necessary, it is really difficult that an experimenter who is not a medical professional survey and observes patients directly. In this research, ...
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