Indeed, such inconsistency in the direction of effects was the case for a substantial number of outcomes reported in the studies, even when the same measures were used by different studies to measure a given outcome.
Given our findings (Table 5), we can speculate that the majority of these children would not have been referred otherwise, and therefore, our referral system may have prevented a substantial number of negative outcomes associated with MSD, such as dehydration, persistent diarrhea, 34 and death.
A substantial number of process- and outcome indicators were therefore implemented as standard procedure.
Nonetheless, we will capture a substantial number of important severe lab-based outcomes that if anything, will underestimate the true incidence.
Although uptake of the Healthy Baby program in Manitoba is greater for women in groups at risk for poorer perinatal outcomes, a substantial number of women eligible for this program are not receiving it; efforts to reach these women should be enhanced.
Despite new treatment modalities, the clinical outcome in a substantial number of patients with multiple myeloma (MM) has yet to be improved.
The number of instruments for measurement of patient-relevant outcomes is increasing, and today there are a substantial number of different self-administered instruments for measuring knee outcomes in adults.
Strengths included the use of prospectively collected recovery and recurrence data, permitting assessment of impact of comorbid lifetime EDs on longitudinal outcomes in a substantial number of well-characterized BD patients.
While the outcomes of all patients discharged from the ED could not be determined, a substantial number of these patients were reached by telephone to ascertain their outcomes.
Initial levels of outcome expectancies were related to subsequent changes in alcohol use, while the reverse was not true, suggesting that interventions focusing on outcome expectancies are appropriate for a substantial number of youth.
