Other possible factors affecting declining PD utilisation are proliferation of haemodialysis (HD) units and private dialysis provider penetration in some healthcare systems, both factors being associated with lower use of PD [ 3, 4].
The pattern of rosiglitazone utilisation started declining significantly prior to the TGA warning in December 2007; therefore it appears that Australian prescribers were alerted by the literature and international warnings such as EMA and FDA.
Since patients' recall of resource utilisation declines over time with a net tendency towards under-reporting [ 17], under-reporting is more likely for the 12-month pre-study period than for the shorter periods after study entry.
At the same time, a decline in utilisation has occurred in urban areas, while there was an increase in utilisation in rural areas, from an initially lower level.
Generic omeprazole had not been procured since July 2010, with the utilisation of generic injectable omeprazole declining from 2010 onwards.
Smith and Stitt [14] proposed that plants acclimate to decreases in carbon supply, with declining carbon levels triggering changes in assimilation, storage and utilisation of carbon before there was a severe limitation to metabolism or growth.
Despite their demonstrated importance to livelihoods and the environment, mopane woodlands in Botswana, and their counterparts in other countries of southern Africa, are declining in size and heavily degraded due to extensive human utilisation, recurrent fire, overgrazing and absence of management practices.
Erica arborea utilisation has declined dramatically during the past century, mostly due to the decreasing demand for smoking pipes, as well as the increasing frequency of wildfires and large-scale afforestation activities in this region.
In August, the capacity utilization rate for total industry advanced to 69.6 percent, a level 11.3 percentage points below its average for the period 1972 through 2008.Calculated Risk notes that capacity utilisation had previously declined in 17 of the last 18 months, and he puts up this remarkable chart This should tell us two things.
