However, this assumes that the effectiveness of hand hygiene is not constrained by other factors and that improved compliance in excess of a given level, in itself, will result in a commensurate reduction in the incidence of HAI.
Clinical studies showed that there was higher intra-abdominal fat accumulation in men than in women for a given level of BMI, WC or WHR [ 42- 44].
The effects of economic growth on the environment in Korea, for a given level of energy consumption, and fossil fuels and nuclear energy in electricity production, are examined in a dynamic cointegration framework.
When hospitals intrinsically value quality as in Fig. 2, they tend to accept more cost increase in return for a given level of quality improvement.
Perfect transmission of price shocks occurs when changes in prices at a given level of the chain are fully and instantaneously transmitted to the other stages.
However, because of the public nature of the monopolistic retailer, its profits are restricted by law in Japan to a given level.
There are major racial differences in wealth at a given level of income.
There is an association between life expectancy at birth and health care spending, but there is considerable variation in outcome for a given level of spending.
32 50 Absolute measures reflect the gain in terms of deaths prevented from a reduction in health inequalities for a given level of investment.
