About 6,000 of these patients in the city require 24-hour home care.

If the patient is well and does not require services, the doctor makes money.

There are times where a patient may require a blood culture collection.

While these patients no longer require intensive hospital care, they still need to be looked after.

Because there are so many variables, not all patients will require every test.

Patients at the young end of the age range for a given equation require more energy.

It is also in the first 48 hours that most patients require pain relief, she said.

These patients then require other people to spend their lives caring for them.

And how much information does the patient require to make a rational decision?

These patients may then require additional treatment, usually with medications.