Sentence examples for utilisation volume from inspiring English sources

The additional file 1 contains further technical details on survey sampling design, weighting methodology, questionnaire extracts and utilisation volume estimation formulae used.

Territory-wide service utilisation volume as estimated from the 1999, 2001 and 2002 rounds of the THS was verified against corresponding statistics derived from the routine DH and HA administrative databases.

We then multiplied the probability of use, as estimated above, by the number of older adults in each stratum, yielding age-sex-service specific utilisation volume as an output for the likely level of demand for LTC services and disability benefits for older people.

Territory-wide inpatient service utilisation volumes as estimated from the 1999, 2001 and 2002 Thematic Household Surveys (THS) were benchmarked against corresponding statistics derived from routine administrative databases.

Since our estimation of LTC demand was based on utilisation volumes of the formal LTC service recipients, it did not necessarily include all people who are in need of LTC.

The PSSRU long-term care (LTC) model [ 1] estimates total LTC expenditure, E t, for each year t using the following equation: (1) where SERNO jt represents the projected utilisation volumes in year t for service j (j = 1 to k). c jt is the unit cost of the care service inflated to the year t.

Prevailing disparities exist according to several patient and sociodemographic characteristics for utilisation of high-volume hospitals.

Our hypothesis stated that disparities pertaining to race, insurance status and income levels may exist with respect to utilisation of high-volume hospitals.

Following the implementation of such programmes, some studies have noted a discrepancy in the utilisation of high-volume hospitals across various sociodemographic populations.

9 Under these circumstances, the conceptualisation and operationalisation of programmes seeking to reduce disparities in utilisation of high-volume complex surgical oncological procedures may not be evident.

29 In consequence, difficulties may arise in the attempt to reduce disparities to utilisation of high-volume hospitals, if disparities occur at another level.