The authors' attempts to reconcile the differences across studies were hindered by numerous factors, such as the dose of BEV administered, variations in treatment pattern by countries, comparators of choice, elements included in the calculation of costs, type of costs (direct and/or indirect costs) reported, and the study timeframe.
Possible explanations for these contrasting results are differences in applied hydration regimens, in the patient populations studied and in the volumes of contrast media administered, and variations in the timing and dosing of NAC.
The STLFB is an easy-to-administer measure of variations in alcohol intake, which can be useful for understanding drinking behavior.
Errors in machine calibration, patient anxiety, human error in administering tests, and variations in measurement technique can all contribute to measurement noise when assessing chronic diseases [ 9].
"Isn't that a mess?" Though the federal government finances and oversees the food-stamp program, states administer it, with wide variations.
In both groups in that study, a fluid bolus was administered when respiratory variation in peak aortic flow velocity was > 13%, which was considered indicative of hypovolemia.
There is as yet no universally accepted method of administering IFN‐ α with wide variations in dose, duration, and intensity of treatment reported in the literature 3.
Could the variations be related to administered anticonvulsants?
Meta-regression showed that for most outcome measures, differences in the administered cell type did not explain variations in treatment effect.
The variable impact can be explained by differences in regional labour markets and ratios of long-term, as opposed to short-term, unemployed, as well as variations in the way states administer the federal benefits program.
They found huge variations with (i) costs for administering private health insurance about three times higher than those for administering social health insurance, (ii) administrative costs in low- and middle-income countries much higher than in high-income countries and (iii) with considerable variations across and within countries over time.
