The strengths of our study were that the five practices we visited differed in terms of location, population, and degree of urbanization, and that the medical files in these practices were audited by an independent senior medical student with no conflict of interest.
The differences observed in regular dental visiting habits in terms of gender were consistent with worldwide trends and have been reported consistently over the past 10 years [ 42, 59].
Eisenhower, by contrast, framed his visit in terms of a strategic friendship; he hailed his hosts as "sovereign equals" in a time of competition over leadership and influence in Asia.
Hitwise measures visits in terms of "market share," which isn't a very helpful metric (both have 0.021 percent market share, but Twitter is ranked No. 84 and Digg is No. 85).
In fact, the News.me "goodbye post" even wrapped by talking about how amazing Digg is doing: 4 million users since its relaunch, millions of visits in terms of referral traffic weekly, and iOS app usage close to surpassing web usage.
However, the benefit of a limited number of visits in terms of QoL was not demonstrated.
However, the benefit of limited number of visits in terms of quality of life was not demonstrated.
Recorded ICD-9 codes are intended to identify or label a visit in terms of a diagnosis.
This study is part of a 18-month multi-centre, non-blinded, randomised controlled trial focusing on the effectiveness of preventive home visits in terms of reduction of nursing home admissions (primary endpoint) (Clinical Trials.gov Identifier: NCT00644826).
The purpose of this investigation was to conduct such a study by examining the impact of group versus individual hearing aid fitting and group versus individual hearing aid follow-up visits in terms of hearing-related outcomes and treatment costs.
