"The more prevalent problem", he says, "is not that there is faster depletion, it is that oil companies desperate to get the black gold into the bank are ignoring modern asset-management techniques".
Hospices: While late referral to hospice is a much more prevalent problem than early referral, some hospice providers will hesitate to admit patients to hospice (or they may de-certify them from hospice too early) due to scrutiny from Medicare for patients deemed to be on hospice too long.
Cancer-related fatigue is an even more prevalent problem among cancer survivors, and one that also requires a comprehensive, multifactorial, approach to treatment.
3 13 The influence of maternal obesity, which is now a more prevalent problem in developed countries and an emerging problem in countries undergoing economic transition, has not been studied in detail.
For every 67 publications on unexplained infant death (SIDS) in PubMed, there is only one on the far more prevalent problem of unexplained stillbirths (using the search terms ("unexplained stillbirth*" [All Fields] OR "unexplained fetal death*" [All Fields]) vs. ("Sudden Infant Death" [MeSH] OR "sudden infant death*" [All Fields] OR "SIDS" [All Fields])).
The question is not whether or not kids need computers — they do — but whether this effort ignores more prevalent structural problems within a country.
Dental fear was found to be related to less frequent dental visiting, whether measured by past behaviour or future intentions, more prevalent dental problems, whether assessed by the number of teeth missing, perceived need, social impact or self-rated oral health, and symptom-driven treatment as measured by a person's usual reason for visiting.
Hall wasn't hounding gays; he was trying to repair what he saw as a much more prevalent "behavior problem".
In contrast, veterans were disadvantaged relative to non-veterans because of their less healthy lifestyles, more prevalent hypertension and psychological problems, and lower numbers physician visits (claims-based).
