Sentence examples for comparator countries from inspiring English sources

We found, on the contrary, that US CVD mortality reduced more rapidly in the late 1970s compared to comparator countries (see online supplementary figure A9).

With regard to taxation, when compared to other comparator countries, the rates are relatively low.

As Fig. 4 below shows, in terms of institutional quality factors, compared to other comparator countries, Kosovo is ranked significantly unfavourably.12 If indicators such as rule of law, or control of corruption are compared, for instance to Croatia, scores associated to Kosovo are considerably worse.

The UK fared better when it came to efficiency, having the largest share of generic prescribing of all comparator countries (84% in 2015 compared with an average of 50%).

Fig. 4 Six indicators of institutional quality Kosovo and comparator countries.

However, as Table 3 shows, business interest rates are significantly higher than in comparator countries.

Women occupying a percentage of legislative seats that matches their percentage of the population would constitute perfect equality on this metric, but no comparator country comes close to that.

It has been widely reported that 5-year survival rates for cancer patients in the United Kingdom have, in general, lagged behind comparator European countries (and the 'European average') since the late 1970s (Berrino et al, 1995b, 1999, 2003, 2007).

The authors' attempts to reconcile the differences across studies were hindered by numerous factors, such as the dose of BEV administered, variations in treatment pattern by countries, comparators of choice, elements included in the calculation of costs, type of costs (direct and/or indirect costs) reported, and the study timeframe.

Such comparisons are fraught with difficulty--in part because there should be clear criteria for selecting country comparators--but more importantly because HRH data is often not comparable, being based on differing definitions, and often incomplete or out of date.

At the very least, there should always be a state comparator.