The phrase 'continuation of treatment' is correct and is commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to the maintenance of a particular course of medical or psychological treatment. For example: The psychiatrist recommended to the patient that he continue his treatment in order to maintain his recovery from depression.
The availability of new MTAs, although expensive, influence decisions to continue treatment as they provide additional options for continuation of treatment [ 3, 38, 39, 43].
In patients at a high risk of fracture, a continuation of treatment without the need for further assessment can generally be recommended (grade A recommendation).
The only data available is from Rothrock et al., where 68% of patients continued to receive treatment after two years, although these patients were receiving treatment through insurance reimbursement and criteria for the continuation of treatment remains unclear[31].
In marked contrast, developing countries are grappling with the short-term patient survival and the enormous cost of therapy that limit continuation of treatment in the majority of patient with ESRD [5].
Moreover, continuation of treatment may prolong life for months or years at the cost of being in a severely disabled state that such patients would not have accepted [41].
Too long continuation of treatment seems to explain the largest proportion of overtreatment as opposed to inappropriate initiation of treatment.
If leprosy was confirmed, the patient was given the first dose of MDT and either registered and referred to the appropriate Sub-Centre for continuation of treatment or sent to his/her local PHC clinic.
22 records were excluded from data extraction because the corresponding trials were of an observational or diagnostic accuracy study design or were a treatment protocol for continuation of treatment after inclusion in a study protocol.
Continuation of treatment by surgery or radiation.
Another way to consider effectiveness of medications is to examine continuation of treatment.
Continuation of treatment therefore seems to be important to achieve maximum benefit.
