Determinants of an increased risk of AEs were grouped into patient characteristics (such as language proficiency and health literacy) and healthcare (and healthcare provider) characteristics (such as use of an interpreter and cultural competence).
A further step would be the creation of a composite score including additional disease characteristics such as use of rescue treatments, biological measurements, fatigue, quality of life and disease-associated damage.
Land use characteristics such as: land use mixing, land use diversity and green areas connectivity were successfully studied using spatial metrics, and they were used to map three "Land Use Transport" strategies: (i) proximity dynamics and non-motorised modes; (ii) modal shift from cars to Light Rail Transit system; (iii) shared spaces between motorised and non-motorised modes.
Clinical characteristics, such as those used to classify colonies as suffering from CCD, are based on readily available (albeit sometimes broad) characteristics easily identified by "clinicians", which are often referred to as operational case definitions [8].
Moreover, as there are major differences between the studies discussed, when considering patient characteristics such as those used in our research it can assist in choosing treatment and predicting the prognosis of this type of injury.
Data were not stratified by patient characteristics such as etidronate use, corticosteroid use, or gender.
Integrated databases will need to be established by using information about regional spatial characteristics, such as land use, infrastructure installation, production, and livelihood.
In the modelling, neighbourhood characteristics such as land-use composition and positioning with respect to the urban network and its major transport axes are considered as attraction/repulsion factors for soil sealing.
The improvement in the WSE and its application to obtain better flood inundation maps is dependent on the study reach characteristics such as land use, valley shape, reach length and width.
