We exploit this exogenous variation by applying a fuzzy regression discontinuity design to merged survey and administrative individual-level data.
We pilot tested the questionnaire with three administrative individuals at our institution.
This information would be very important in order to compare costs and efficiencies between administrative regions, individual hospitals, and surgeons.
Thirdly, infection control measures in TB hospitals and dispensaries, including administrative and individual protection measures, are frequently insufficient, resulting in transmission of strains from drug-resistant to drug-susceptible patients.
The study design was a retrospective, cohort study of adults from Ontario, Canada using administrative databases: individuals were assigned a predicted illness burden score using a case-mix adjustment system from diagnoses and health utilization data in 2008, and then followed forward to assess the actual health care utilization and costs in the following year (2009).
We calculated in this study the mean direct medical cost and administrative utilization for individual pathologic fracture cases in Taiwan, to compare with individual non-pathologic fracture cases in Taiwan according to Taiwan Diagnoses Related Groups (TW-DRGs), the new payment regulations in Taiwan that have been in place since January 1st 2010.
According the Arizona's administrative code, any individual engaging in the duties of a "peace officer" must obtain certification from the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training (Post).
Multifunctional approaches are hampered by funding schemes that are usually administered by individual administrative sectors that each predominantly focus on one single environmental objective.
Based on four assumptions, including the assumption that pollutant discharge or transfer within the river basin is highly controlled by individual administrative regions, a descriptive model of transboundary water pollution was developed for a typical Chinese river basin.
The majority of microeconometric studies presented below are based on administrative data on individual periods of unemployment benefit receipt, registered job search, registered unemployment, participation in ALMPs and contributory or minor employment.
