Sentence examples for collection and adjustment from inspiring English sources

43 45 We will need to consider whether the chosen indicators need to be weighted to reflect both suitability (in terms of adherence to the accountability criteria) and applicability (quality of data collection and adjustment for patient mix).

Following standardization of 25(OH D concentrations for month of blood collection and adjustment for study center, we found a significant inverse association between 25(OH D concentrations and age at blood collection; compared with men older than age 70 years, men aged 50 54 years had a vitamin D concentration that was 12.5 nmol/L higher (P = 0.001, results not shown).

Following standardization of 25(OH D concentrations for month of blood collection and adjustment for age at blood collection, concentrations varied significantly by country of recruitment (P < 0.001) among the controls, with the highest mean concentrations in men in the United Kingdom (57.5 nmol/L) and Sweden (56.5 nmol/L) and the lowest in the Dutch men (45.2 nmol/L).

It was then piloted on 12 patients attending clinic at PMH prior to data collection and adjustments were made on the basis of the response obtained.

To address the second area of focus, we ran cycles of inquiry -- a structured, ongoing process of goal setting, intervention, data collection, analysis, and adjustment of plans -- with teacher teams to ensure that we were optimizing our use of the curriculum.

Thus, another principle of decision support should be to define a program for monitoring, information collection, review, and adjustment.

Finally, despite collection of and adjustment with extensive data on determinants of patient outcomes, selection bias and residual confounding due to lack of data on variables for which we could not account may still exist.

There are plans to improve data collection and risk-adjustment in future.

Second, since this is an observational study, confounding factors could explain the findings; however, this possibility is limited by the design of the data collection and the adjustments made for the many factors that could mask the relation between sleep problems and incident diabetes.

Through analyses of data collected from four regions over 15 years, our findings document that previously reported estimates of seabird bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries, estimated through observations made during gear retrieval, are likely half of actual mortality levels, calling for revised data collection protocols and adjustments to seabird population model inputs.

One option is to judiciously stage and combine external periodic assessments with continuous data collection, learning, feedback and adjustment.