Finally we conclude that combination therapy (of TPM and NTP) is effective in patients with incomplete benefit using these agents in monotherapy.
Population-based studies, particularly those analysing records where data are incomplete, benefit from multiple imputation by permitting a fuller analysis of incomplete records [ 1].
Where there are incomplete (censored) benefits or cost data due to loss to follow-up we will use non-parametric methods to infer cumulative costs and benefits [ 58, 59].
Most of the articles popularizing medical treatments provide inadequate or incomplete information about benefits, risks and costs of the specific treatments [4] [7].
Yet, currently available quality metrics are frustratingly piecemeal and incomplete, with the benefits of some data-sharing collaborations (eg, the Health Roundtable 35) restricted to member organisations.
The current understanding of vertebrate thymic development during embryogenesis remains incomplete and would benefit from novel approaches.
However, current pharmacological approaches are limited in their ability to modify significantly the course of the disease, and offer incomplete and transient benefit to patients.
Specifically, a directed approach (i.e., directed content analysis) was adopted based on the understanding that, although prior theory existed about the phenomenon of intimate partner sexual aggression, information about this phenomenon in Chinese women was incomplete and would benefit from further description [ 26].
The weaker this link, the greater the incentive for 'gaming' the process, which, added to the incomplete information available on benefits and costs, leads to significant limitations to the potential benefits of priority setting processes.
There are still so many remaining battles around Obamacare, from making sure that the enrollment numbers translate into something solid to the next round of premium changes and the incomplete expansion of Medicaid benefits, for which only about half the states have signed on.
