The phrase "a proxy for clinic" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to something that serves as a substitute or representative for a clinic, such as in discussions about healthcare or research.
Example: "In this study, we used telemedicine as a proxy for clinic visits to assess patient outcomes during the pandemic."
Alternatives: "a substitute for clinic" or "a stand-in for clinic".
However, assuming that the opening hours per day can be regarded as a proxy for the clinic's patient load, we found no indications for such an effect, as the proportion of private practices with opening hours of ≥ 2 hours per day did not differ between the cases and controls (86% at case and 90% at control group, p > 0.05).
We have measured medication prescription in general practice six months after the chest pain clinic visit, as a proxy for successful commencement or recommendation of long term secondary prevention medication at the time of the clinic.
Density of dental clinics is a proxy for access to dental care in communities.
Figure 4, 5 and 6 provide results for studies documenting 3 or more sex partners versus 0 2, history of STI, and HSV-2 infection, grouped by lower and higher antenatal clinic prevalence (as a proxy for background prevalence).
The costing methodology was limited because we used charges instead of costs for radiographs and specialty care performed outside of GHESKIO, clinician estimates of hospital service utilization, and clinic costs as a proxy for the cost of ancillary services provided in the hospital.
The research identifies key issues that influence the job satisfaction of PHC nursing managers', notably working in a clinic of choice; exhaustion (a proxy for workload) and verbal abuse.
Similarly, a contact with psychiatric hospitals and specialist clinics was used as a proxy for psychiatric illness, which represents more severe psychiatric conditions, possibly leading to an underestimation of psychiatric problems.
We used the clinic's net income as a proxy for the village doctor's salary and benefits since village doctors in China earn their living as a share of the gross income and expenditure of the village clinic.
In the past, demand for health care such as attendance at clinic has often been used as a proxy for need [ 32], but this approach generates various problems.
Mesothelin is a simple serum blood test which, if tested at an early clinic appointment, could be used as a proxy for both better survival and maintenance of quality of life.
