However, it also may be due to a more negative assessment of the same health status by non-Swiss relative to Swiss subjects.
Foreign patients tended to rely more on other patients on the ward as a source of information, compared with Swiss subjects.
Pulmonary function and lung volumes were assessed by spirometry and bodyplethysmography, respectively (in German subjects by Masterscreen Body, Jaeger, Wuerzburg, Germany; in Swiss subjects by Masterlab, Jaeger, Wuerzburg, Germany).
After familiarizing the patient with the cycle ergometer (Ergomedic 834 E, Monark, Sweden for the German subjects and Ergometrics 900, Ergoline, Bitz, Germany for the Swiss subjects) and the gas sampling equipment, an incremental exercise test was performed according to the Godfrey protocol [ 21].
National data estimate that only 2.6% of Swiss subjects with TB are co-infected with HIV, vs. 20% in the present study; this observation is consistent with an increase in TB/HIV co-infection recently reported in England and Wales [ 20].
A Swiss study on the subject explains the regional disparities in level and growth of health care costs across the country by applying cross-sectional regressions [ 17].
He is being held on an arrest warrant, which under Swiss law is subject to review after eight days.
All income from Swiss sources is subject to regular taxation.
The Swiss club are subject to a transfer embargo, but Goncalves and five team-mates won a civil case last week which ruled against Fifa's ban.
Swiss companies are subject to the federal corporate income tax, the cantonal corporate income taxes and the cantonal net worth taxes.
