"We see no reason deliberately to decrease opportunities for young people of this country, especially while leaving open those same opportunities for doctors from abroad," Dr. Detmer said.
The use of games seems to decrease opportunities for peer interaction and communication with instructors (Bolliger et al., 2015), whereas playing individually is sometimes considered better than working in a team (Merchant et al., 2014).
Finally, returning home promptly may often be a wise choice for the patient (if they have the appropriate community care and services required by their condition) as hospitals present many risks such as nosocomial infections and deconditioning due to decreased opportunity to mobilize.
Previous studies have observed over-report of height [ 6, 7] or decreased accuracy of height with increasing age, perhaps due to decreasing opportunities to regularly measure height or changes in height over time [ 4, 27].
The migration of these services means that there has been a consequent loss of minor operating within the hospital environment, leading to decreased opportunities for junior surgeons to practise basic surgical procedures.
Lack of in-home running water has been associated with increased rates of skin and respiratory tract infections in rural Alaska, presumably due to decreased opportunities for hand and body hygiene.
Female-biased genes might have a smaller fraction of effectively neutral mutations or a higher degree of pleiotropy (Mank et al. 2008; Mank and Ellegren 2009; Meisel 2011), leading to decreased opportunities for neutral and adaptive evolution (e.g., Fisher 1958; Kimura 1983).
However, where density-dependent contact was assumed, faster outbreak detection (according to an assumed mortality threshold) led to a decreased opportunity for catching-team visits to coincide with an outbreak.
"It won't only affect people's access to health insurance and healthcare, it will in fact increase inequality, decrease opportunity, and decrease the government's ability to support people who are struggling," Beletsky said.
Although the vast majority of both groups had access to rapid tests, the lack of other laboratory and diagnostic services may decrease opportunities to correctly diagnose and treat patients based on evidence.
