Gaps in research evidence lead to incomplete practice recommendations unless a scientific process can provide supplementary consensus evidence that is a basis for additional recommendations.
Eight GPs were excluded from the survey because of incomplete practice address or other reasons for ineligibility (leave of absence, quitted as GP).
Incomplete recording practices in Senegal may partially explain why CBCA scores were significantly lower there, compared to Mali.
To investigate whether differential response might affect results, a comparison was made between refusers (n=358), record review only participants (n=184), and those agreeing to health assessment plus record review (n=846) on sex and index of multiple deprivation score, excluding cases with incomplete general practice records.
Data on hospital activity relating to both diagnoses, medications and hospital admissions was incomplete in both practices.
Local laboratory practices (incomplete identification of single CNS blood culture) could influence how the physician decides whether a single peripheral CNS-positive blood culture is a contaminant.
Both variables reflect infrequent events subject to bias from arbitrary factors (e.g., enfor-cement practices, incomplete documentation, court delay, frequent plea bargaining to a lesser charge; Dill and Wells-Parker, 2006; Meyer and Gray, 1997; Rauch et al., 2010).
Most surveyed countries have many supportive policies and program elements, but issues remain that impede maternal health efforts, including: inconsistent availability of essential commodities, particularly misoprostol; limitations on midwives' scope of practice; incomplete or out-of-date service delivery guidelines; and weak reporting systems.
In the hospital setting, there are two main environmental risk factors relevant to the community setting that contribute to S. aureus transmission: incomplete or ineffective hygienic practices and a high prevalence of S. aureus.
Secondly, questionnaire data from practices were incomplete.
