Sentence examples for practice comparator from inspiring English sources

Cost estimates were based on pathway analysis, with resource usage estimated for the interventions and their 'current practice' comparator, as well as associated cost offsets.

Notes: 1 Current practice comparator defined as "no intervention" as programs either focussed on children previously inactive and/or minimal activity previously existed. 2 The intervention period is defined as one representative year of "steady-state" operation, with "rest-of-life" modelling for all associated costs and benefits.

Notable exceptions include recent calls to consider disinvestment of existing practice comparators whenever a replacement is approved for funding [ 6].

"Best care" in general practice (the "comparator" treatment) – General practice teams were trained in "active management" and provided patients with The Back Book.

The treatment effect was therefore measured relative to the control group in the study, while in practice the comparator would be usual care without assessment contact.

Participants were randomised to receive 'best care' in general practice, the comparator treatment, or one of three manual and/or exercise treatments: 'best care' plus manipulation, exercise, or manipulation followed by exercise.

However, since the principal objective is to reduce the nosocomial transmission of pathogens via fomites by undertaking thorough cleaning practices, a microbiologic comparator would be appropriate and has been used in prior studies [ 10, 12].

The street health population is based on attendances over a 6-year period while the comparator mainstream practice data are based on attendances over 6 months.

Cost-effectiveness analysis was undertaken with a public sector model of the DMP as the intervention and a usual practice model as the comparator.

In addition, while the street health population is based on attendances over a 6-year period, the comparator mainstream practice data are based on attendances over over 6 months.

The extraordinary degree of analgesic efficacy of intravenous lignocaine with venous occlusion, its ease of use, and low cost, may have led the authors of the Picard review to believe that the primary reference treatment would be widely accepted both in clinical practice and as a comparator for subsequent research.