Repeat bowel preparation and additional testing after incomplete procedures places additional burdens upon the patient and the health care system, while the cost of missed lesions is obvious.
Thus, a high body mass index appears not to predict short-term outcome but places additional burdens on health care resources.
We did not re-administer the tool at a second time point, as we did not want to place additional burden on the participants.
To avoid placing additional burden on general practice workloads, the study was designed to have minimal impact on the day-to-day operations of clinics.
However, as these campaigns appeared to increase consultation rates from those at lesser risk, this was perceived to place additional burden on the practice.
1 Owing to diagnostic uncertainty, the majority of these patients are admitted, and, in some centres, chest pain is responsible for up to 40% of all unplanned hospital admissions. 2 The majority of these admissions are unnecessary and place additional burden on healthcare systems that are already struggling to cope with increasing emergency care attendances.
The global prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and cancer is increasing. 1 2 Alarmingly, NCDs are set to increase disproportionately in low-income and middle-income countries over the next 20 years, placing additional burden on already overstretched health systems.
In a small building, residents who shirk assignments place additional burdens on those who are already pulling their load.
It says: "The pressures caused by climate change will influence resource competition while placing additional burdens on economies, societies, and governance institutions around the world.
Nonetheless, the new laws do place additional burdens on women seeking abortions, and, perhaps more important, they may also be erecting obstacles to a consensus position on abortion one that most Americans could abide.
