And Allianz, the giant Munich-based insurance group, said: "We are participating to enable Greece to get access to capital markets and to help stabilize the financial markets".
A report of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) uses such data to compare the rates of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ Patient Safety Indicatorss, provided by participating countries to enable a transnational comparison [ 10].
The incentive for participating was primarily to enable physicians express their opinions on a conversation that had largely excluded them, however, participants from each country also had the option of entering into a random draw for their choice of an 8 GB Apple iPod touch®, or a $250 gift card to the bookstore of their choice upon completion of the survey.
In the conduct of clinical trials, it is important to keep a clear audit trail within the participating imaging departments to enable the results to be recreated from the source data on demand.
Clinically active nurses and facility/programme managers participated in separate groups to enable open discussion.
A key outcome of the project, and an important deliverable, was to enable participating organisations to identify the extent of their interdependence on other lifeline services.
The relevant tools being developed through this work includes a self-assessment template designed to enable participating organizations both to ascertain their own levels of performance relative to BIG's goals, as well as aggregate trend lines covering collective field performance related to those goals.
Through an inspiring and supportive environment, the ultimate goal is to foster career development, accomplishments and advancement to enable participating individuals to become more competitive as researchers and to develop their skills as critical, well-trained scientists.
The expected number of participating physicians was 40, to enable a sample of patients of 150 to be included in the study (between two and five patients on average per physician).
Thus it was recommended that the study preparations and communication with the participating institutions start early to enable a timely start of the survey, that institutions select their clients in close cooperation with the research organizations, and that more clarity is needed about the sample sizes and the minimal numbers of eligible clients.
