In short, the "plurality rule" is used to aggregate ZIP codes that contribute the plurality of their patients to the same hospital or hospital cluster.
In other words, ZIP codes are assumed to be related when each contributes a plurality of its patients to the same hospital market.
Notably, three of the four false-positive cases were type 2 patients with a plurality of type 1 ICD-9 codes; these were all longstanding type 2 patients managed for years on insulin alone and labeled as type 1 diabetic in their physicians' notes.
A combination algorithm seeking patients with a plurality of type 1 diagnosis codes and suggestive prescriptions, diagnostic laboratory test results (negative plasma C-peptide or positive diabetes autoantibodies), or prescriptions for urine acetone test strips classified patients as type 1 versus type 2 reasonably well.
Embracing our world of plurality, we need to strengthen our communication practices in order to make our voice heard in the interest of patients.
Latterly, the emphasis has shifted to implementing a regulated healthcare market built around patient choice and increased plurality of providers, allied to an increasing role for the private sector within the primary care setting.
The virtue of tolerance should also require patients to acknowledge healthcare workers' plurality of roles, as well as their fears and concerns in the face of severe risk.
52% of articles used placebo as a control group, 51% of articles had fewer than 200 patients (total sample size) and the plurality of articles favoured intervention arm (41%).
The final algorithm sought patients with any of the following: a plurality of ICD-9 codes for type 1 diabetes and a prescription for glucagon, a plurality of ICD-9 codes for type 1 diabetes and a negative history of prescriptions for oral hypoglycemics other than metformin, a negative plasma C-peptide, positive diabetes autoantibody tests, or a prescription for urine acetone test strips.
Normative pluralism is less radical it posits a plurality of bearers of value.
