"I think we can conclude that the ability to buy in bulk and consolidate administrative functions will lead to economies of scale and cost reduction over the long run," she said, "but if you are talking of patient outcome, it takes several years and quite a bit of statistical data before you can conclude that patient care has improved, stayed the same or worsened".
If not, the patient will be asked: Has your illness improved, stayed the same, or worsened since its onset?
Participants were asked, prior to completing their objective assessments, whether they felt that overall their hand had improved, stayed the same or deteriorated since surgery.
There was, however, a significant difference in favor of atorvastatin in the proportion of patients in whom carotid intima-media thickness improved, stayed the same, or got worse.
At T2, a structured interview was performed and the patients were asked: "Compared with the last time you filled in the questionnaire (T1, date mentioned to the patients), has your quality-of-life improved, stayed the same or deteriorated?" The response choices ranged on a seven-point scale from 1 = much better to 7 = much worse.
To assess change directly, clinicians either form an impression of how much the patient's complaints or symptoms have changed, or they solicit the patient's judgment of this change directly (e.g. "Has your leg pain improved, stayed the same, or worsened?").
The change in care dependency for survivors between 0 6 months and 7 12 months is presented by the number of participants in the three CDS groups who improved, stayed stable, or degraded to another CDS group during the two 6-month periods.
For every Mike Blair, who seemed a bag of nerves out here, there was a Mike Phillips, bristling with determination, improving, staying in the face of arch-rivals.
Apply it all over your lids before you apply your eyeshadow to improve staying power.
Would the economy improve, stay the same or get worse?
