A key advantage of vignette-based utility assessment is that it can be used to identify utilities of specific factors that may be difficult to isolate in a patient sample.
While the 2013 NICE guide suggests that content validity of the EQ-5D should be considered when deciding whether the instrument is appropriate for identifying utilities of a specific patient population, the guide does not discuss the level of content validity that should be considered acceptable.
Electronic health record system; influenza-like illness; surveillance; influenza To present a statistical data mining approach designed to: (1) Identify change points in vital signs, which may be indicative of impending critical health events in intensive care unit (ICU) patients and (2) Identify utility of these change points in predicting the critical events.
The purpose of this study was not only to identify the utilities of various health states, but also to identify the disutility associated with each specific SRE.
It was Mr Milosevic, Mr Seselj's fellow prisoner in the Netherlands, who identified the utility of his warmongering extremism and brought him from the margins.
Therefore, once again, all terms are identified (except utility of matching with new teachers).
The development of HDAC inhibitors has identified the utility of HDACs as a therapeutic target.
Anecdotal reports identified the utility of certain pharmacologic approach for IDH reduction.
El-Sohl et al. [ 18] have already identified the utility of regression trees for PT diagnosis, with a slightly better result than logistic regression.
A significant recent advance in understanding vascular risk has identified the utility of C-reactive protein (CRP) and, by implication, inflammation as an important pathogenetic factor in atherogenic pathogenesis.
Importantly, we have highlighted the potent, dose-dependent ability of inhaled GCs to suppress endogenous HPA axis function, and identified the utility of a morning cortisol level in guiding the clinician as to which patients may need dynamic assessment of adrenal reserve.
