In more recent times, HRQOL assessment has become an important outcome indicator in evaluation of clinical treatments of OSA alongside the conventional clinical, physiological and laboratory parameters [ 40].
Collectively, the heterozygous deletions of 6q21 and PRDM1 gene were identified in FFPE EN-NK/T-NT specimens and cell lines by FISH analysis and significantly correlated with downexpression of PRDM1, which could be used as a prognostic indicator in evaluation of EN-NK/T-NT as disease site, B symptom, and clinical stage.
Each participating clinic will be invited to complete a Structure of Care Questionnaire evaluating pre-defined indicators which reflect the setting in which care is delivered, while process of care will be evaluated against the pre-defined indicators in the evaluation framework.
Secondly, we included only area socioeconomic indicators in our evaluation, excluding other important covariates known to lead to disparities in drowning-related injury risk, including alcohol consumption (Petridou & Klimentopoulou 2006) the use of safety device, (Treser et al. 1997) and duration of rescue (Topjian et al. 2012).
Data from all sources were collated and reported against the relevant indicators in the evaluation framework.
We included two input and nine output indicators in the evaluation.
Given that hospitals with a higher volume or a higher proportion of specialists achieved better AMI care outcomes in the results of our study, health policymakers need to consider adding such indicators in performance evaluation tools used in management programmes.
IS/OS integrity and intact ELM are important indicators in the evaluation of foveal photoreceptor layer integrity, and correlate strongly with best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) after medical or surgical treatment of DME [ 11, 12].
Mean velocity (Vmean), average portal blood flow volume (PBFV) and congestion index (CI) are important indicators in hepatic evaluation, mainly to detect alterations such as chronic hepatic diseases that lead to portal hypertension [ 1].
Given that hospitals with higher volumes or a higher proportion of specialists achieved better AMI care outcomes in the results of our study, health policymakers need to consider adding such indicators in performance evaluation tools used in management programmes when creating effective alternative strategies targeting to reduce avoidable deaths due to AMI.
