The carbon source consumption profiles we observed [ 7] were compatible with the presence of carbon catabolite repression (CCR) in the culture, in which the sole consumption of glucose preceded the concomitant utilization of all other substrates.
Second, there are other possible determinants of neonatal mortality which were not available in the IDHS dataset, such as environmental and genetic factors, or were only available for the most recent delivery of a mother occurring within the last five years preceding the survey, such as the utilization of antenatal care services.
The Service Receipt Inventory (SRI) assesses service utilization during the time preceding the assessment and related characteristics of people with mental disorders, as the basis for calculating the costs of care for mental health cost-effectiveness research [ 23].
Patients in the Canadian cohort were mainly free of serious comorbidities, while our general medicine cohort had higher CCI scores, more medications dispensed on discharge, and greater utilization of hospital services preceding the index admission.
Percentages of those who confirmed dental care utilization during the 2 years preceding the study.
** p < 0.001, * p < 0.05 Percentages of those who confirmed dental care utilization during the 2 years preceding the study.
(Additional file 1) All demographic, comorbidity, and health care utilization covariates were ascertained from 5 years preceding the hospital discharge date except chronic kidney disease which had a lookback period of 5 years preceding the hospital admission date.
More detailed information on outpatient care utilization and cost was queried for one month preceding the survey.
Due to the non-randomized design, health care utilization after 12 months was compared with that in the 12 months preceding the index hospitalization.
Moreover, this study analyzes changes in healthcare utilization for individuals that faced a health problem in the two weeks preceding the 2000 and 2006 surveys, but it does not consider changes in healthcare outcomes.
Since the questionnaire assessed the ANC service utilizations of mothers who had given birth up to two years preceding the survey, the time gap might have introduced recall bias.
