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Ergonomics—costs and benefits
Applied Ergonomics, 1970Ergonomics is primarily concerned with improving the performance of man or of man-machine systems. Although many applications have produced evident improvements, the terms of reference and the results are not often expressed in measures that are easily converted into financial savings.
D, Beevis, I M, Slade
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Some Benefits and Costs of Cost-Benefit Analysis
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021The American administrative state has become a cost-benefit state, at least in the sense that prevailing executive orders require agencies to proceed only if the benefits justify the costs. Some people celebrate this development; others abhor it. For defenders of the cost-benefit state, the antonym of their ideal is, alternately, regulation based on ...
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On the cost and benefit of cost and benefit.
Psychological Bulletin, 1984Cost-benefit analysis of reaction times has become a popular chronometric tool in the study of cognitive processes. We review the technique, assumptions underlying its application, and pitfalls that are encountered in actually implementing it in various experimental contexts, this review suggests that the unthoughtful application of the technique may ...
John Jonides, Robert Mack
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Annals of Internal Medicine, 1973
Excerpt To the editor: In the April 1973 issue (p. 580), in the excerpt "'Cost/Benefit' in Medicine" fromThe Medical Journal of Australia, I was particularly interested in the last sentence, "Is th...
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Excerpt To the editor: In the April 1973 issue (p. 580), in the excerpt "'Cost/Benefit' in Medicine" fromThe Medical Journal of Australia, I was particularly interested in the last sentence, "Is th...
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The costs and benefits of benefit-cost analysis
Environment and Development Economics, 1997Among the tools of the economic trade, cost-benefit analysis is the most widely used in policy circles. Asking whether there is a role for cost-benefit analysis is like asking whether there is a role for the weatherman. Of course there is.
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Phi Delta Kappan, 2003
This chapter defines the purpose and evaluates the costs of migration control systems. This is no easy task because both are pluridimensional, and there is disagreement over which items are to be considered as falling under either costs or benefits. For example, there is agreement that cost estimates of migration control should include the wages of ...
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This chapter defines the purpose and evaluates the costs of migration control systems. This is no easy task because both are pluridimensional, and there is disagreement over which items are to be considered as falling under either costs or benefits. For example, there is agreement that cost estimates of migration control should include the wages of ...
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Hospital Practice, 1993
The costs of outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy are outweighed by the benefits to all involved: provider, payer, patient, and society. Simple comparisons of inpatient and outpatient charges are not a true measure of costs. Recent in-depth cost-benefit analyses reveal a significant saving when indirect benefits, such as increased productivity and ...
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The costs of outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy are outweighed by the benefits to all involved: provider, payer, patient, and society. Simple comparisons of inpatient and outpatient charges are not a true measure of costs. Recent in-depth cost-benefit analyses reveal a significant saving when indirect benefits, such as increased productivity and ...
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