The phrase "allocated to use a" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to describe a situation where something has been designated for a specific use, but the construction is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The resources were allocated to use a new software system for project management."
Alternatives: "designated for using a" or "assigned to utilize a".
Medical Fellows allocated to use a PDA in hospital intensive care units increased their mean knowledge of infectious disease management more than those who used paper resources at both 3 months (p < 0.05) and 6 months (p < 0.01) [ 14].
Among eight general practitioners screening 79 patients, those randomly allocated to use a PDA (n = 4) with clinical guideline decision support demonstrated greater adherence to four out of five preventive healthcare guidelines, compared to colleagues who did not have access to a PDA.
When 13 advanced practice nurses were randomly allocated to use a CDSS that calculated an obesity-related diagnosis on their PDA, they identified significantly more obesity-related diagnoses (p < 0.05) and missed less obesity-related diagnoses (p < 0.05) than the control group who had a PDA but not the CDSS [ 19].
The patients were allocated to groups using a chance procedure, blocking, and stratification.
Manuscripts were allocated to reviewers using a blocked random number generator, ensuring each reviewer received the same number of manuscripts and each manuscript had two reviewers.
Primary care units are allocated to interventions using a Stepped Wedge Design.
Thus, indirect costs were allocated to patients using a marginal mark-up percentage.
After inclusion in the study and pretest assessment, the participants will be allocated to conditions using a computerised randomisation procedure.
The health block grant and basket funds from the central government are allocated to councils using a needs-based formula.
Important issues related to randomisation are considered below: The subjects will be allocated to groups using a chance procedure, blocking and stratification [ 22].
After inclusion in the study and pretest assessment, the participants will be allocated to conditions using a computerised randomisation procedure, stratified by treatment centre and type of disorder (psychotic versus non-psychotic).
