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The differences in outcome were related not only to different strategies of treatment but also to differences in the prevalence and level of important prognostic factors (for example, case mix) and other factors such a the time delay from transient ischaemic attack to entry into the study and the play of chance. The implications for purchasers of health care are that they cannot rely solely on non-randomised comparisons of outcome of patients treated in competing units as a measure of the quality of care (which has only rather modest effects) without accounting for other factors that may influence outcome such as the nature of the illness, the case mix, observer bias, and the play of chance.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.306.6885.1107","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,3,30]],"date-time":"2009-03-30T08:16:37Z","timestamp":1238400997000},"page":"1107-1111","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Why is the outcome of transient ischaemic attacks different in different groups of patients?"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"306","author":[{"given":"G J","family":"Hankey","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M S","family":"Dennis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"J M","family":"Slattery","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"C P","family":"Warlow","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[1993,4,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"982","DOI":"10.1212\/WNL.39.7.982","article-title":"Changes in survival after transient ischaemic attacks: observations comparing the 1970s and 1980s","volume":"39","author":"Howard, G.; Brockschmidt, J.K.; Rose, L.A.; Frye-Pierson, J.L.; Crouse, JR, Evans; G.W.","year":"1989","unstructured":"Howard G, Brockschmidt JK, Rose LA, Frye-Pierson JL, Crouse JR, Evans GW, et al. 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