Sentence examples for intermediate level of care from inspiring English sources

The step-down unit (SDU) provides an intermediate level of care between the intensive care units (ICUs) and the general medical surgical wards.

Similarly, no statistical difference in age was observed in cluster 3 ("intermediate level of care").

To help the interpretation, we labeled the clusters according to their most frequent pattern: cluster 1 was named "high level of care", cluster 2 "absence of care" and cluster 3 "intermediate level of care".

Univariate analysis showed that the women's age was significantly different between cluster 1 ("high level of care") and cluster 2 ("absence of care") (Tukey's test p < 0.01), and between cluster 2 ("absence of care") and cluster 3 ("intermediate level of care") (Tukey's test p < 0.05) (Table  1 and Additional file 1 for details).

Nevertheless, three groups of homogeneous care trajectories could be identified: (1) pregnant women with relatively high care consumption (cluster 1; 11 % of the population under study), (2) women with no care (cluster 2; 21 %), and (3) women with an intermediate level of care (cluster 3; 66 %).

The employment status discriminated cluster 2 ("absence of care") from cluster 3 ("Intermediate level of care").

Here they have an opportunity to learn the skills needed to care for critically ill post-operative patients and those patients requiring intermediate levels of care.

In our study the number of admissions to neonatal intensive care was comparable in both arms, but more neonates in the induction group were admitted to intermediate levels of care.

We identified three groups of homogeneous prenatal care trajectories: (i) women with relatively high prenatal care consumption (~11 %), (ii) women with no prenatal care (~21 %), and (iii) women with an intermediate level of prenatal care (~66 %).

This approach to commissioning through negotiation with providers was seen very clearly in Somerset where, informed by a lengthy planning process, commissioners decided to procure the new intermediate level of diabetes care from the provider of community health services, rather than primary care provider.

Interestingly, patients with an intermediate level of prenatal care had slightly reduced odds for PTB.