In all countries the recall period for utilisation of GP and specialist services was 12 months, except for the Netherlands and Belgium where the recall period was only 2 months.
In particular, Baschieri and Falkingham [ 42] apply a 30 days recall period for utilisation of health care services and expenditures associated with visits to physicians and one year period for hospitalisations.
To provide preclinical evidence of the effectiveness of gefitinib in HCC, we tested the sensitivity of four distinct human HCC cell lines to different drug concentrations after 3 days incubation, consistent with a long period of drug utilisation in clinical trials.
Costs were determined for the different time periods of resource utilisation and then extrapolated to 18 months by multiplying them by 6 (in case of 3-month assessment) or 1.5 (in case of 12-month assessment), respectively.
This study highlights the need to increase the availability and accessibility of health facilities during pregnancy, delivery and postnatal periods, as utilisation of ANC and delivery services increased the likelihood of postnatal care utilisation.
Over the study period, overall utilisation of EUS and MRCP have also increased in Olmsted County.
In England, the Chief Medical Officer's (CMO) Annual Report 2012 10 reported ongoing, outdated assumptions that adolescence is a healthy period of life, with little utilisation of health services.
Glibenclamide has been used for several decades in Iran and comprised the highest share of utilisation during the study period.
Because we analysed health care utilisation during a limited period of 5 months, the longer-term health care utilisation and costs are unclear.
The trends of utilisation (β1) in the pre-intervention period, and any changes in the levels (β2) and trends of utilisation (β3) following the intervention were assessed and presented [ 35].
Differences between the results from previous studies or their interpretation could be explained by the variability of the adopted research designs, procedures (e.g. the periods of data collection, utilisation of recording devices) or data analysis methods.
