Appropriate or uncertain indication based on previously developed explicit criteria.
GPs used a selective approach to offer preventive advice based upon indication.
"Investigations of any community that are not based upon indications of crime create fear, and erode the confidence of a community in the power of a legal system to protect it," said Paul Chevigny, a professor of law at New York University and one of five attorneys on the case.
The indication for THR will be based upon symptoms, a clinical examination and radiographic findings [ 21].
These are based upon the four main indications for an arthrodesis: (1) to achieve correction of the deformity, (2) relieve pain, (3) stabilise the joints, and (4) improve functional outcome [9, 10, 11, 12].
Clinical indications aside, efforts to control healthcare expenditures based upon drug acquisition costs alone may lead to greater expenses and worse clinical outcomes [ 13].
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Most of the indications for medications prescribed in nursing homes are based upon studies of non-institutionalized populations.
Pharmacists also ask patients about the indications for the medication, using questions like "what is this drug for?" or "how does this drug help?" To measure patients' knowledge of medication we shall calculate the proportion of drugs for which they give a correct response, based upon their medical problems and accepted indications for prescribing each drug [ 15].
The cost estimates in Table 4 are included to give an indication of the relative costs of implementing different imaging strategies based upon disease stage.
