The concentration index is a widely used indicator for quantifying the degree of income related inequality in a specific health indicator and will be used to provide evidence of the extent to which voucher and accreditation approach reduces inequities.
As Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the US, and the UK are all participating in the indicator development and will be the future users of such measures, it is useful to assess the availability of data derived from current systems to provide information for the indicators.
Thus, dietary-specific induced changes in metabolite composition of animal consumers hold considerable promise as indicators of nutritional stress and will be invaluable for future studies of animal nutrition (Wagner et al., 2015).
If data accuracy can be assured, this methodology may permit national performance assessment using reoperation alongside other indicators such as mortality and will be easily transferable across a range of surgical specialties.
The loss of sea ice cover is a leading indicator of climate change, and will be a key part of the findings released next week in the United Nations's IPCC scientists' global warming report.
Lens transmission for blue light was measured with an ocular fluorometer (Fluorotron Master, OcuMetrics, Inc., Mountain View, CA) as an indicator of nuclear sclerosis and will be analyzed in a separate paper.
Each regression model will include as primary predictor an indicator for the intervention group and will be adjusted for the baseline values of the response variable and the balancing factors of breathlessness and place of residence.
In addition to outcome indicators, process indicators will be developed based on the specific interventions implemented.
Generic indicators and measurements will be used to describe each study site.
The MGI as well as the selected health indicators and confounders will be discussed in the following sections.
