There is now substantial evidence that health and health-care experiences vary along ethnic lines and that minority ethnic groups tend to be at risk of significant disadvantage across a range of indicators, The need to understand and tackle such ethnic health inequalities has been repeatedly recognized.
The value of this information as a guideline for selective intervention has, however, never been established, either as an indicator of potential prolonged absence, or as an indicator of the need for occupational or vocational rehabilitation [ 4].
This analysis supplements previous EU-wide assessments, through regional scale assessment of the limitations and potentialities of the indicator and the need for further data collection.
LBW is an important indicator for the need of a cesarean section.
This can be achieved through injection of a single thermal indicator, obviating the need to use indocyanine green dye [ 46, 47].
However, diagnostic guidelines and criteria for referral recognise the significance of the characteristic FAS facial anomalies as an indicator of the need for diagnostic evaluation, particularly in the absence of confirmed prenatal alcohol exposure [ 6, 9, 12].
Seroprevalence in healthcare workers may not be a sensible indicator of the need to investigate person-to-person transmission of Andes virus because such transmission mostly occurs in the patient's domestic circle during the early stages of the illness.
One of the goals of this study was to evaluate the practicality of using EAA to choose patients for PMX-DHP and also as an indicator of the need for repeat therapy.
