An elective procedure performed earlier in life would most likely reduce mortality in these patients.
Assuming a different (most likely higher) mortality for institutionalised patients compared to non-institutionalised ones would have led, because of the model structure, to a spurious indirect impact of treatment on life expectancy (through the impact of treatment on institutionalisation).
However, referral to coronary revascularisation decreased cardiovascular endpoints and mortality as well in these patients; thus, total mortality was most likely driven by mortality from cardiovascular causes.
Any misclassification of alcoholic patients was most likely independent of mortality and therefore would lead to an underestimation of the relative mortality estimates.
As a result, our sample may not represent the sickest ICU survivors who are most likely to experience mortality within the first several months after discharge.
Additionally, we grouped upright macroalgae, cyanobacteria, and taller algal turf (>0.5 cm) to estimate the overall level of competition from algae because these growth forms are most likely to cause mortality and competitive suppression of corals [10].
Cardiovascular death remained the most likely cause of mortality in all groups.
Industry led initiatives are to be welcomed, but national and international health policy makers should recognise that they may not focus on those aspects of the problem most likely to reduce mortality [ 85].
Results from purely spatial analysis for each year are shown in Table 2. Out of the 10 years of analysis, only 1998 and 2001 appeared to have most likely statistically significant mortality clusters.
