The phrase "ascertaining cases" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is determining or verifying specific instances or situations, often in legal or analytical discussions.
Example: "The researchers focused on ascertaining cases of fraud within the financial sector to better understand the patterns involved."
Alternatives: "determining cases" or "identifying cases".
Studies ascertaining cases of type 2 diabetes by self report involved uncertainty in ascertainment, and thus numbers of cases were revised by a positive predictive value (proportion of verified cases among self reported cases) (see supplementary information and table S3).
Administrative data may lack sensitivity for ascertaining cases of incident clinical vertebral fracture [ 14, 15].
This study compares administrative and survey data for ascertaining cases of IBS.
There has been limited research about the validity of administrative data for ascertaining cases of other osteoporosis-related fractures, including fractures of the wrist and humerus [ 15, 16].
Ascertaining cases of death within a cohort can also present challenges, particularly in settings without established death notification and registration systems.
Okura et al. [ 8] observed good agreement between survey and administrative data for ascertaining cases of diabetes, hypertension, myocardial infarction, and stroke.
Ascertaining case complexity and resource utilization associated with HF will thus help improve the quality of case management and care provided by the health services attending such patients.
Rapid case ascertainment and random-digit-dialing systems are in place to ascertain cases and controls, respectively.
Study participants were then followed prospectively for an average of 2.8 years to ascertain cases of first-onset of TMD, and 2,737 provided follow-up data and were considered in the analyses of TMD onset.
More than one quarter of all ascertained cases in NNOs needed to be forwarded to the LPHA responsible for the cases' counties of residence.
Second, HCAR ascertained cases between 1973 and 1982.
