, 2002 An essential element of identifying Best Value and monitoring cost-effective care is to be able to identify the outcomes of care. In the field of health services, use of utility-based health related quality of life measures has become widespread, indeed ...
Healey, Andrew T. +6 more
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INCORPORATING STOCHASTIC HARVESTS INTO AN ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION: THE U.S. ATLANTIC AND GULF OF MEXICO PELAGIC LONGLINE FLEET [PDF]
Vessel operators maximize expected utility indirectly through cost-minimizing production decisions subject to stochastic harvests. Data on the Atlantic longline fleet, available from NMFS logbooks, is used for the empirical analysis.
Larkin, Sherry L. +2 more
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Recursive Sustainability: Intertemporal Efficiency and Equity [PDF]
PV-optimality in a capital-resource economy can imply decreasing utility over some portion of the time horizon. Various criteria have been proposed to maintain intergenerational equity defined as nondeclining utility, but these have some limitations and ...
Knapp, Keith C.
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Economic Impact of CDM Implementation through Alternate Energy Resource Substitution [PDF]
, 2013 Since the Kyoto protocol agreement, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has garnered large emphasis in terms of certified emission reductions (CER) not only amidst the global carbon market but also in India.
K.J., Sreekanth +2 more
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PMD10 Cost-Utility Analysis of Robotic-Assisted Surgery for Prostate Cancer Patients in JAPAN [PDF]
, 2020 Y. Inoue, Ataru Igarashi
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Overlapping Boundaries of the Project Time Management and Project Risk Management [PDF]
Based on utility function, milestones during project and/or the end of projects or programme may be categorized in what are called soft-deadline and hard-deadline. In contrast with the soft-end projects, the hard-end projects posses a decrease of utility
Cristian MIRCEAN +2 more
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Developing a health state classification system from NEWQOL for epilepsy using classical psychometric techniques and Rasch analysis: A technical report [PDF]
Aims: Resource allocation amongst competing health care interventions is informed by evidence of both clinical- and cost-effectiveness. Cost-utility analysis is increasingly used to assess cost effectiveness through the use of Quality Adjusted Life Years
Baker, GA +8 more
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Total cost of ownership as a tool for inter-firm cost management: a case in the Belgian utilities industry. [PDF]
In today's environment, communicating what your products and services are worth to customers' business has never been more important. Customers increasingly look at purchasing as a way to increase profits and to reduce costs.
Peeters, F +2 more
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