Sentence examples for tracing patients from inspiring English sources

GHS used this database in contact tracing of cases and this same tool was used in tracing patients to their households.

Mortality increased from 7.1% before to 16.8% after tracing patients [19].

Deaths among patients lost to follow-up can be ascertained by tracing patients not returning to the clinic.

Outcomes in these patients are generally unknown but studies tracing patients have shown mortality to be high.

The results of dedicated studies tracing patients LTFU can be used to correct naïve estimates of mortality in a given programme [6], [14], [18].

Estimates were based on a meta-regression analysis of studies tracing patients lost to follow-up in sub-Saharan Africa that found a negative relationship between the overall rate of LTFU and mortality in patients lost to follow-up: mortality at one year among patients lost to follow-up declined from around 60% to 20% as LTFU increased from 5% to 50% [5].

We then extend these analyses by tracing patient state through the state space over time.

It is our guess that the lack of causality and difficulties in tracing patient history were the main reasons.

Field workers traced patients missing any visit.

The approach used to trace patients varied and included telephone calls, home visits and social networks.

Several studies have traced patients lost to care to ascertain their true status.