At the practice level, patients and their families participate in quality improvement activities.

Of the 153 patients participating in the trial, 10 were excluded from analysis.

One reason the drug companies are doing this is to entice patients to participate in their studies.

After a certain amount of grumbling, patients are again participating in activities.

Four patients with profound loss of recognition participated in the study.

About 26,000 patients participated in the study, which had been intended to enroll 60,000.

The hospital encourages patients to participate beyond the full six-month program.

In any case, he said, no patients now participating in studies would be dropped.

Furthermore, research shows that race plays an important role in whether a patient participates.

About 250 clinical trials are available for patient enrollment at the center, with more than 700 patients participating each year.