One hundred forty consecutive patients seen at the Sjögren's Syndrome Clinic were categorized retrospectively with various classification schemes: (1) subjective dry mouth; (2) subjective dry eye; (3) European criteria; and (4) international criteria.
Accordingly, LTFU patients who only had the first visit to HIV clinic were categorized under less than one month follow-up time in pre-ART care.
The geographic location of the clinic was categorized as urban or rural based on the clinic's postal code.
In the second part, each of the clinics identified were categorized by the expert panel into three intensity groups, based on their scores on the HF-DMSI, influenced by the implicit weighting system revealed in part 1.
In a previous case study research, private for-profit clinics in Ontario were categorized in a different manner as sole owner independent, network-based independent, rehabilitation corporations and other types [ 12].
Swedish hypospadias cases recruited by the Stockholm clinic (n = 156) were categorized according to severity by a single pediatric urologist (A.N .. To investigate the effects of our exposure variables in the most severely affected group of hypospadias cases possible, we repeated the analyses restricted to more severe cases from this clinic (n = 77) and their matched controls.
The activities were categorized as midwifery clinic (e.g. consultation during pregnancy, ultrasound scan, or 6 weeks postnatal consultation), being on call, intrapartum care, postnatal care visits, hospital visits, administrative tasks, or meetings.
Healthcare-associated exposures were categorized into outpatient services including type of clinic and procedures performed at outpatients versus hospital procedures including hospital admission and procedures performed at hospital.
Participants were categorized in four groups: women referred to colposcopy clinic because of an abnormal Pap-smear (referred), women attending family planning/obstetrics and gynaecology clinics (attendees), screening population, and mixed patient groups (referred, attendees and screened).
Physicians were categorized into two groups according to the institutions where they practiced: hospitals versus clinics.
