Sentence examples for expectancy to determine from inspiring English sources

5 A pooled quantitative estimate of this period would allow clinicians to juxtapose a screening test's time lag to benefit to a patient's life expectancy, to determine whether an individual patient is likely to benefit from screening.

There are 88 spearhead PCTs in England which were identified by the government [ 8] using information on deprivation, mortality from cancer and heart disease as well as life expectancy, to determine the areas that face the greatest health challenges.

These age-specific sex differentials in life expectancy are used to determine if there is any pattern of change consistent with these predictions from the health transition perspective.

The purpose of the present research was to explore the phenomenon of levels of acceptance of evolution in the US to further illuminate the explanation for the inverse relationship to school-life expectancy and GPD and to determine if state level phenomenon may be influencing national level data.

Moreover, we recorded levels of self-report shock expectancy following the habit test to determine if responding could be defined as habitual, i.e., was evident in spite of low expectancy of shock.

Later, Johan de Witt, the then prime minister of the Dutch Republic, published similar material in his 1671 work Waerdye van Lyf-Renten (A Treatise on Life Annuities), which used statistical concepts to determine life expectancy for practical political purposes; a demonstration of the fact that this sapling branch of mathematics had significant pragmatic applications.

We modeled age at death rather than the length of time from enrollment to death to determine life expectancy, in an approach similar to that used by Platt et al[5].

Recent studies have identified numerous mortality indices to determine life expectancy and many of these indices are available online at www.eprognosis.com.

Previous studies [ 9– 13] have used life tables with potential gains in life expectancy (PGLEs) as a research method to determine the impact of fatal diseases that cause death on the life expectancy of a population.

Exclusion criteria include: Unable to read or write English; or Aged less than 18 years; or Known* limited life expectancy (under one year) * The caveat of 'known' is used, as it may not be possible to determine limited life expectancy of relatives.

We searched hospital records to establish whether these patients were still alive at November 2012 to determine life-expectancy (minimum 22-month follow-up on all patients).