Lots of data available in the US.
Restrictions occurring through the limited information available, such as the absence of data regarding medication, remain to be addressed.
In the absence of available data for the largest medical university in a given country, we chose the largest with available data.
Because of the absence of data for hand hygiene compliance, we used available trust level data for procurement of alcohol hand rub and soap as a proxy.
In the absence of available data on the distribution functions, we chose a uniform distribution for all input parameters and large ranges of variation.
Third, only serum total testosterone was used to assess testosterone levels because of the absence of available data on free testosterone and sex-hormone binding globulin (SHBG).
Due to the absence of available data, declines in PPSV effectiveness with time were modeled based on expert panel estimates and varied widely in sensitivity analyses [ 36].
This is an assumption made in the absence of available data, but relates to the same "well" state as after successful experience with Mirena.
The absence of available data for this pathway and the complexity of the estimations due to the huge uncertainties associated, lead us to develop a semi-quantitative model based on the use of risk factors as risk estimators.
In the absence of available data, we assumed that the ratio of CIN 3 regressing to Negative/HPV 16/18 versus lower grade CIN was similar to that observed for CIN 2 (1.6:1).
