However, as it was rare that more than one ICU bed was available at a specific time, allocation of the bed location was not determined by physician preference, but rather by availability.
The cause was not determined.
The allocation of power within the government is not determined simply by reading the Constitution and figuring out what it says.
In this study, treatment allocation was not random, but determined by a health care provider.
Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi-RCTs (the group allocation was not purely random but rather determined by a factor such as a birth date, a hospital record number or an alternation) will be included.
Due to the limitation of a retrospective study where treatment allocation was not randomized, it was impossible to determine whether differences observed in endpoints were due to treatment.
Treatment allocation was not masked.
Treatment allocation was not blinded.
RCTs, including cluster randomised trials; Quasi-randomised trials, in which the group allocation is not purely random but may be determined by a factor such as a birth date, a hospital record number or alternation.
Studies with the following study designs will be included: RCTs, including cluster randomised trials; Quasi-randomised trials, in which the group allocation is not purely random but may be determined by a factor such as a birth date, a hospital record number or alternation.
Allocation is not revealed to participants until after informed consent.
