With respect to the collection of information on utilization of some resources and (waiting/assessment) times, some limitations should be mentioned.
Patient self-report and audits of medical records are the most common approaches for obtaining information on utilization of medical services.
Information on utilization of health services during an infection is essential for development of effective intervention strategies, and data on the prevalence of infectious syndromes provides information not otherwise available in populations with low health care utilization.
Information on utilization of cervical cancer screening service was self-reported.
For the later, ENDEMAIN 2004 gathered information on utilization of health services, and health care and consumption expenditures.
Our study provides detailed information on utilization of healthcare resources in patients with PCa from a nationally representative hospital database to help inform the conversation about healthcare resource utilization and emerging treatment patterns.
However, information regarding disease progression and health utilization (e.g., treatment, physician visits, hospice use) is not available in registry data thus claims data will remain the source of information on utilization among incident and prevalent BM cases across cancer sites including prostate cancer, lung cancer, and breast cancer.
When compared to prescription drug administrative data, which captures information on medication dispensations, it appears that the RAI-MDS clinical assessment data, which captures information on utilization of medications, contain comparable information for anti-psychotic and anti-depressant medication classes [ 22].
There was no information on utilization outside of the HCSD system to enable exclusion of these patients from this study.
There is scarce information on utilization and outcomes of non-traditional provider care for OA, possibly because these visits are not generally included in insurance plans or claims databases.
