Sentence examples for diagnostic policy from inspiring English sources

This demonstration project provided much of the evidence underpinning the diagnostic policy changes relating to bacteriological culture adopted by the WHO in 2007-8.

This should result in a scenario involving both satisfied patients and a rational diagnostic policy.

The CoM's diagnostic policy throughout has been based upon histological confirmation, although the actual means of diagnosis is not specified in the case records.

As fluconazole has no activity against Aspergillus spp, an early diagnostic policy for invasive aspergillosis (IA) was guided by twice weekly Aspergillus Galactomannan antigen detection from the day of neutropenia until engraftment and radiological interventions when clinically required.

In addition, comparative data invariably fail to take account of changes in diagnostic policies and whether illicit, untaxed alcoholic beverages are included in estimates of national consumption.

Secondly, the audit has mapped the progress of uptake of new TB diagnostic policies in HBCs and/or HBC-MDRs.

In PRN-Audit supplemental information is included such as professionals involved in the care process, diagnostics, policy decisions, actions (treatments, referrals) and antepartum risk selection with their time frames.

In both Europe and the US, political debates consistently miss the mark by short-changing serious diagnostics and policy design.

Current diagnostic reimbursement policies in the US and many EU countries do not necessarily support the development of high-value molecular tests, as reimbursement of these tests has typically been based on cost, not on value (or potential) value [ 20].

Generally, comparing notification rates of IDs can be challenging because of differences in surveillance systems, populations and country-specific infection probabilities as well as changes over time in notification and diagnostic testing policies, healthcare seeking behaviour or better clinical recognition of diseases among older adults [ 20], which could mask changes in incidences.

Further, during the time period there was, to the best of our knowledge, no shift in policy, diagnostic coding or methods of diagnostics that would substantially have influenced case ascertainment.