"patient defined" is a grammatically correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It typically means that the patient has been clearly or precisely described or identified. Example: The doctor's notes were thorough and included a patient defined profile of the patient's medical history, symptoms, and allergies.
For the six-month period examined, health care costs totaled approximately $20,000 for a high functioning patient, defined as someone whose Alzheimer's was recently diagnosed and who has memory loss but is still able to conduct some activities of daily life.
Figure 1 Variability in outcome of the critically ill patient defined by variability in response to therapy and variability in care.
Based on the full-proteome Elispot screening a median of 5 (range 3 12) immunodominant peptides per patient (defined as the strongest HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cell responses in a given individual) were selected for further flow-cytometry-based analysis.
The LOS in hospital and background economic situation of the patient, defined either by the possession of health insurance or amount of household income, are key drivers of these health care costs, as shown in other countries with fee-for-service funding schemes.
The term "long-term non-progressor" (LTNP) was originally used before the advent of the viral load assay, to describe a clinically non-progressing HIV-1+ patient defined by the maintenance of a stable CD4 T-cell count within the normal range (450 1650 cells/µl blood) for many years, in the absence of antiretroviral therapy [2].
Second, the life goals that the patient defined in the first consultation are being weighed.
The demographic characteristics, diagnoses, and clinical interventions of a patient define medically and economically homogeneous groups: DRGs.
Design: A database review of patients defined as geriatric (age >64y) compared with the nongeriatric patients.
Comatose patients defined by a GCS lower than 9 were included.
We also provide cost estimates in homogeneous subgroups of patients defined by patient characteristics and by the type of care received.
There were 32 (17.1%) patients defined as diuretic resistant based on spot urinary sodium value <50 meq/L.
