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Medical & Dental Studies
What does consecutive patients mean?
In a medical journal, it states the following:
From 2003-2006, 128 consecutive patients at UC Hospital were included in this study.
What does consecutive patients mean?
From 2003-2006, 128 consecutive patients at UC Hospital were included in this study.
What does consecutive patients mean?
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128 patients... adjective : in regular succession without gaps adjective : one after the other adjective : successive (without a break)
- 128 patients...
- adjective : in regular succession without gaps adjective : one after the other adjective : successive (without a break)
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The phrase "consecutive patients" is often used to indicate that patients were included in a study in the order that they showed up at a physician's office -- i.e. they were not selected by the physician in any particular way that might influence the results of the study.
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