If the subpopulation possessing a target that is required for benefit is relatively small and if the therapy is of limited benefit in those without the target, then the number of patients required for a phase III trial to demonstrate benefit of a new therapy may be much smaller if one selects for the target than if one uses unselected patients [ 50].
But such programs typically benefit a relatively small number of people and don't fundamentally change the community's socioeconomic conditions.
It might benefit a relatively small percentage of Americans, whereas Senator Obama's plan would reach many more people and is more likely to address the key problems of access, cost and quality that plague our health care system.
We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of our study in the paper, including the fact that the average benefit was relatively small, but would refute Colquhoun's unsubstantiated suggestion that we "are people committed to acupuncture".
I suppose it is that our political economy is rigged, especially with regard to financial economy, to benefit a relatively small number of powerful people at the top of the income distribution.
Although conventional TACE has been shown to improve survival, the magnitude of this benefit is relatively small, so the search for more effective drug delivery systems continues.
In the past, we subscribed to the notion that the amount of money spent on patients with dubious potential benefit was relatively small and did not impact on the amount spent for 'appropriate care'.
"The illegal trade in natural resources is depriving developing economies of billions of dollars in lost revenues and lost development opportunities, while benefiting a relatively small criminal fraternity," says the UN.
The World Bank said in a 2007 report that the martyrs fund did "not seem justified from a welfare or fiscal perspective," that the prisoners fund was "the most generous PA program" and that the combined programs benefited a relatively small number of families.
In sum, given the potential benefits and relatively small burden on respondents in terms of required time it seems advisable to incorporate measures of personality traits into competence surveys as they contribute to explaining the variability in policy-relevant outcomes.
