better outcome

collocation in English

meaningsofbetterandoutcome

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better
adjective
uk
/ˈbet.ər/
us
/ˈbet̬.ɚ/
comparative of good: of a higher standard, or more suitable, pleasing, or effective than other things ...
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outcome
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/ˈaʊt.kʌm/
us
/ˈaʊt.kʌm/
a result or effect of an action, ...
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(Definition ofbetterandoutcomefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These patients also had abetteroutcomein terms both of institutionalization and ten-year survival compared with paranoid patients.
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Although the evidence available from the current trials is limited, there is some suggestion that longer-term treatments are associated with abetteroutcome.
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Growth of the pulmonary valve and the pulmonary arteries in these patients could lead to abetteroutcome.
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The fundamental moral claim is that creating equality will produce abetteroutcome.
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A key criterion for a screening program is that early detection leads to abetteroutcomethan late detection.
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Another possible explanation is that conditioned or limited subsidy is considered a farbetteroutcome than the uncertainty engendered by a court appeal.
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But the act of preventing thebetteroutcomeis clearly wrong.
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In summary, the most consistent findings are a relative paucity of negative symptoms, better pre-morbid functioning, andbetteroutcomein high functioning schizophrenic patients.
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Nor was there any clear evidence about the frequency or duration of treatment associated withbetteroutcome.
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In any case it is not clear why this approach produces a qualitativelybetteroutcomethan other approaches.
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Prenatal diagnosis of the disease can optimize the pre-operative condition of the patient and lead to abetteroutcome.
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Younger patients with a shorter duration of illness had abetteroutcomewith family therapy.
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Thebetteroutcomemay have been due to more intensive treatment.
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A multicenter randomized trial of invasive versus conservative treatment of patients with inducible ischemia showed abetteroutcomeamong patients treated aggressively (11).
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Affective and non-affective groups of cycloid psychosis differed in a number of variables indicating an overallbetteroutcomefor the non-affective group.
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He would only be silenced by meeting more than his match, that is, someone needier or perhaps likely to produce abetteroutcome.
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Patients who completely overcame social avoidance had abetteroutcome.
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Reduction in scores on a measure of problem avoidance predicted abetteroutcomesuggesting that enhanced coping strategies may be associated with a lower risk of relapse.
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