The phrase "affiliated patients" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to patients who are connected or associated with a particular organization, institution, or healthcare provider.
Example: "The study focused on the treatment outcomes of affiliated patients from the local hospital network."
Alternatives: "associated patients" or "connected patients".
In some cases, respondents included noninstitutionally affiliated patients experiencing cancer pain, as well as physicians operating private practices.
Religious affiliation and general spiritual or religious involvement were associated with more interest; however, many affiliated patients reported low or no interest (42%), and conversely many unaffiliated patients reported "fairly" or greater interest (37%).
In this sense, we can conceive of the foundations and affiliated patient organizations and support groups, etc. as the organizational instruments by which patient communities both respond to and influence society, so as to negotiate the collective societal status of community members' medical needs.
Thus, low expression levels of a specific gene would affiliate patients to one group, while higher expression levels would affiliate them to the other.
The chairmen of the cancer patient organisations affiliated to the Netherlands Federation of Cancer patient organisations (NFK) invited all their active members, ever diagnosed with cancer, through letters or e-mails to participate in the focus group discussions.
By contrast, when vertical integration does not involve exclusive contracts, i.e. non-exclusive contracts are formed between HMOs and providers, then the number of providers available to patients affiliated with nonintegrated health insurance companies remains K=J.
3. Change in the number of spirometry tests per 100 patients affiliated with the practice (DNHSR).
1. Change in the number of annual chronic disease check-ups per 100 patients affiliated with the practice (DNHSR).
2. Reduction in the number of practices with few (less than 1%) annual chronic disease check-ups per 100 patients affiliated with the practice (DNHSR).
All patients affiliated to the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires HMO (Plan de Salud) identified in an earlier prevalence study 1 and fulfilling the inclusion criteria were included.
For the survey, we will contact the approximately 300 healthcare professionals who provide home care for patients affiliated with one of the CSSS-VC's three sites.
