In spite of these benefits, one-third of new ESRD patients were found to have had no pre-ESRD nephrology care, and such care varied appreciably across US regions.
Medicare and Medicaid, which benefit one-third of Americans, are targeted for cuts of hundreds of billions of dollars.
8 9 Despite the survival benefit, one-third to a half of women do not complete even the recommended 5-year adjuvant course.
We find it unlikely that any patient or clinician would deem acupuncture to be worthwhile for a benefit of one third of a point on a 0 – 10 scale.
Despite the undeniable benefit, approximately one third of patients with ER-positive breast cancer either do not respond to tamoxifen or develop resistance, which constitutes a serious clinical problem.
At present the only available therapeutic option is the use of cholinesterase inhibitors, which have mainly symptomatic short-term benefit for around one third of the patients [1,2].
Despite the evidence-based clinical benefit of CRT, about one third of CRT patients are commonly considered non-responders.
The duration of the unemployment benefit is equal to one third of tenure (from 1 year), subject to a maximum of two years.13.13
Secondly, the ethics of phase I trials in healthy participants have been questioned, partly because they are claimed to pose high risks of serious harms and offer no direct clinical benefits to participants. 2 3 4 5 6 Over one third of participants in this study experienced no adverse events.
Nevertheless, in this study one third of trainees benefited from motion analysis metrics by having their training duration extended.
One third of the children benefited from the governmental Bolsa Familia Program, which distributes a monthly income for those classified as poor under government criteria.
