Sentence examples for prescribed preferences from inspiring English sources

In addition to the B-, C- and P-networks, where individuals changed their out-neighbors according to their prescribed preferences, we also defined an R-network (comprised of R-individuals) to be one where each individual both dropped and replaced two out-neighbors during each iteration completely at random.

To investigate whether physicians' prescribing preferences were valid instrumental variables for the antidepressant prescriptions they issued to their patients.

27 28 Previous studies have shown that physicians' prescribing preferences can be valid instruments for drug prescribing.

Little is known about physician prescribing preferences for dementia drugs [ 9] or more specifically for Gb [ 8].

Our survey is one the few studies highlighting that SADD show similar burdens in terms of severity and impact on mental impairment regardless of GPs' prescribing preferences.

Physicians prescribing preferences were confirmed with the GP-Ho group using more homeopathy and less psychotropic drugs than the two other groups.

Hazard ratios or risk differences were estimated using Cox multivariable regression models, propensity score matching, and instrumental variable analysis using physicians' prescribing preferences as an instrument.

Although a recent study reported on neurologists preferentially prescribing other antidementia drugs relative to Gb [ 8], data on prescribing preferences with regard to choosing the dosage strength of Gb are unavailable to the best of our knowledge.

This findings may be the result of reductions both in the number of patients started on AHT and in drug prices, rather than attributable to a shift in prescribing preferences for cheaper therapeutic options (see Table 4).

In our third analysis, we will estimate the effects of smoking cessation therapies on the outcomes using physicians' prescribing preferences as instruments for the prescriptions the GPs issue to their patients.

Our results suggest that patients experiencing SADD, and who chose a GP with a clear orientation towards homeopathy, differed in their socio-demographic profile but not in the severity of their mental illness from those attending regular GPs with prescribing preferences towards conventional psychotropic drugs.