Sentence examples for utilisation as a proxy from inspiring English sources

Therefore, we relied on a measure of utilisation as a proxy for access to PCP.

8 Access is a complex concept leading to several previous studies using service utilisation as a proxy end point.

We measured healthcare utilization as a proxy for economic evaluation.

We relied on utilisation rates as a proxy measure of access to primary care physicians since the amount of service provided by primary care physicians by health regions was not available.

As an alternative, I use age as a proxy.

It is challenging to measure access and therefore rates of utilisation alone are frequently used as a proxy.

From this sample a range of sub- studies were conducted (refer to Table  1) that identified patterns of health service utilisation [ 16, 17] as a proxy measure of acceptability, discharge processes [ 18, 19], barriers to care [ 20], adherence to guidelines on maternity care [ 20] and infant treatment for anaemia and growth faltering [ 16, 21] as measures of care quality.

We use them here as a proxy of physical activity.

Use Google Translate as a proxy.

A second study will use retrospective paediatric retrieval service data as a proxy for the utilisation of paediatric intensive care services by children residing outside of the metropolitan area.

In this study we analysed only a few diagnostic procedures as a proxy for the utilisation patterns of preventive medical care in general.