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Cost–utility and cost–benefit analyses of school-based obesity prevention program

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Economic evaluation of school-based obesity interventions could provide support for public health decision of obesity prevention. This study is to perform cost–utility and cost–benefit assessment of three school-based childhood obesity ...
Haiquan Xu, Yanping Li, Songming Du, Qian Zhang, Ailing Liu, Junmao Sun, Guansheng Ma   +6 more
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Equity in cost-benefit analysis [PDF]

Science, 2021
One key way that many governments around the world incorporate scientific research into policy-making is through cost-benefit analysis (CBA). But despite well-established practices for rigorous estimation of the pros and cons of policies, there is room to improve, particularly in characterizing difficult-to-measure benefits and the distribution of the ...
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Benefit‐Cost Analyses of Sentencing

Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2008
The objective of the review was to identify and assess the quality of studies of the costs and benefits of different sentencing options. The review found only nine studies providing costs and benefits information.
C. McDougall, M. Cohen, R. Swaray, A. Perry   +3 more
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COST BENEFIT OF THE ROUTINE URINALYSIS [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 2008
In the present health care environment, cost-benefit analysis is extremely important. In this screening program, the minimal cost of screening dipstick urinalysis in 1601 asymptomatic school children was determined.
A. Shajari, H. Shajari M. H. Fallah-Zadeh   +1 more
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Towards a ‘smart’ cost–benefit tool: using machine learning to predict the costs of criminal justice policy interventions

Crime Science, 2018
Background The Manning Cost–Benefit Tool (MCBT) was developed to assist criminal justice policymakers, policing organisations and crime prevention practitioners to assess the benefits of different interventions for reducing crime and to select those ...
Matthew Manning, Gabriel T. W. Wong, Timothy Graham, Thilina Ranbaduge, Peter Christen, Kerry Taylor, Richard Wortley, Toni Makkai, Pierre Skorich   +8 more
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Fuel consumption efficiency regarding the road quality in the coal mine: a case study

Jurnal Sistem dan Manajemen Industri, 2021
Fuel requirements have a direct impact on mining activities. The operator's habits influence the amount of fuel used in operating the equipment, the mine road's slope, and the distance predetermined in the mine design planning.
Laura Puspita Sari
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Therapeutic Effect and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Three Different Nutritional Schemes for Esophageal Cancer Patients in the Early Post-operative Period

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021
Objective: To retrospectively investigate the comparative efficacy, safety and cost-benefits of three nutritional treatment schemes including short peptide jejunal nutrition (SPJN), whole protein jejunal nutrition (WPJN), and partial parenteral nutrition
Chen Huang, Xinyu Liang, Shanshan Du, Jie He, Qian Bai, Xiaoqing Feng, Xiaoqing Liu, Xu Tian, Xu Tian, Jian Wang   +9 more
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Does Mitigation Save? Reviewing cost-1 benefit analyses of disaster risk reduction [PDF]

, 2014
The benefit-cost-ratio (BCR), used in cost-benefit analysis (CBA), is an indicator that attempts to summarize the overall value for money of a project.
Shreve, Cheney, Shreve, CM, Kelman, I, Kelman, Ilan, Kelman, I., Shreve, Cheney M., C.M. Shreve, Shreve, C.M., I. Kelman   +8 more
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Analytical Framework for Homeowner-Focused Computational Cost-Benefit Mitigation Decision Making

Frontiers in Built Environment, 2021
As a result of increasing windstorm losses in the United States over the past 50 years, a variety of residential wind hazard mitigation strategies have been recommended.
Fatemeh Orooji, Carol J. Friedland
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A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Soil Disinfestation Methods against Root-Knot Nematodes in Mediterranean Intensive Horticulture

Plants, 2022
Losses caused by phytoparasitic nematodes in crops depend directly on their soil densities at the start of the crop, so reducing their populations before planting is the main aim of nematological management.
Miguel Talavera-Rubia, María Dolores Vela-Delgado, Soledad Verdejo-Lucas   +2 more
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