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minimum

Maths a value of a function that is less than any neighbouring value
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minimum

[′min·ə·məm]
(mathematics)
The least value that a real valued function assumes.
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Designing a minimum data set for breast cancer: a starting point for breast cancer registration in iran.
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Temporal and Geographic variation in the validity and internal consistency of the Nursing Home Resident Assessment Minimum Data Set 2.0.
WHEREAS, the National Minimum Data Set (NMDS) are to provide nursing sensitive quality indicator and outcomes data and information about nursing care to influence practice, administrative and health policy decision making as well as stimulate nursing research and knowledge to improve the safety and quality care.
We believe that the minimum data set for biomarker studies should include a unique trial identifier, contact information, a definition of the marker, the clinical context and the relevant outcomes, main results, criteria for the expected marker performance, and the targeted study size.
In addition to the National Patient Care Database [19-21,24,30], data sources evaluated include the Veterans Health Administration Corporate Data Warehouse [26], the VA's National Spinal Cord Dysfunction Registry [19], the Minimum Data Set (long-term care resident assessment) [24], Medicare's End-Stage Renal Disease Medical Evidence Report [27], Medicaid and Medicare claims [29-30], and the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey [31].
The team analyzed data on residents scheduled for Minimum Data Set assessments in 71 nursing homes in eight states.
The term "orphan" refers to chemicals for which manufacturers did not provide the minimum data set through the voluntary HPV Challenge Program.
To facilitate, companies making or processing new chemicals would have to submit a "minimum data set" as part of their pre-manufacture notifications including information on substance characteristics, hazards, exposure and use details.
Using indicators from the Online Survey Certification and Reporting (OSCAR) database and the Minimum Data Set (MDS), nursing home performance (and differences across nursing homes in care quality) have been studied using a wide range of quality measures, including clinical measures of physical and cognitive functioning (such as pressure ulcer occurrence and stage, decline in activities of daily living, and pain), inspection deficiencies, financial viability, and inadequate staffing.
The agencies included the Florida Office of Vital Statistics, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, the Children's Medical Services Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Centers Program and Minimum Data Set, the state's Early Intervention Program, and the Florida Department of Education (Pediatrics 2009;123:e622-9).
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