After a period of theoretical and practical training of ambulance paramedics in the use of the LMA-S, prospective data were collected on the utilisation of LMA-S in an observational study.
Newly diagnosed cancer patients (n=416) were randomised between the intervention and a control condition, and data were collected on the utilisation of specialist care within 3 months from inclusion.
Another strength was the specificity of the data collection for the purposes of this study, combining medical information on diagnoses and patients' information on QOL, drugs and CAMs utilisation, all collected on the day of consultation, ensuring timely compatibility with diagnoses.
In addition, self-reported data were collected on health service utilisation and health-related quality of life (SF36).
Information on utilisation of healthcare services including hospital admissions, medication use and costs is collected.
7/15/2016: Jack Baker presented on Ground Motion Simulation Validation and Engineering Applications, at the QuakeCoRE workshop on Utilisation of Ground Motion Simulations in Engineering Practice" in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Studies on utilisation of rice straw by cattle.
We also examined data on utilisation of health services.
Much of the work on utilisation of healthcare explicitly or implicitly assumes that non-utilisation is a direct reflection of non-offer.
We compared routine data on utilisation of services with data from the population surveys to consider the accuracy of estimates of system utilisation from the population surveys.
