The empirical evaluation indicates that hybrid analysis may be useful to derive more up-to-date estimates of long-term survival compared with traditional design options if there is a strong improvement of survival over time, even in situations with a substantial delay in recording of incident cases.
In regard to a possible delay in recording a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, one should note that pushing back the index date by one year in the sensitivity analysis did not alter the results.
The authors do not discuss whether incomplete ascertainment in the youngest children or delay in recording of data in the most recent years might play a role in this decline, or the possibility that this decrease might have come about through elimination of [T]himerosal" (January 23 , 2003 communication between Dr. Poul Thorsen, Aarhus University, and Dr. Coleen Boyle, CDC scientist).
We chose 30 days to account for any delay in recording of myocardial infarction in primary care, assuming that any record within 30 days of a hospital admission was likely to represent the same event and anything after 30 days could feasibly be a subsequent myocardial infarction.
The report, carried out by independent experts, found there were delays in recording information on social work records.
The discrepancy is thought to be due to delays in recording imports.In this section Overview Output, prices and jobs The Economist commodity-price index Housing Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates Markets Global imbalances Reprints.
In the report, the State Commission of Investigation said that seven of the state's 21 counties have experienced delays in recording deeds, mortgages and other paperwork of up to two months -- a gap that the commission warned has made these transactions vulnerable to fraud.
In addition, rectal thermometry has been associated with delays in recording temperature changes[ 3, 4], and has been implicated in the spread of enteric pathogens[ 5].
Adverse events in pregnancy in women presenting to secondary or specialist care should be reported back to the GP and subsequently added to the records, although there can be delays in recording.
This would identify a potential barrier to her receiving an invitation letter for reattendance at breast screening thereafter due to delays in recording address changes, and might signify that the woman would no longer be able to attend her usual PCP.
