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Opportunity Costs Pacifism. [PDF]
Law Philos, 2020 AbstractIf the resources used to wage wars could be spent elsewhere and save more lives, does this mean that wars are unjustified? This article considers this question, which has been largely overlooked by Just War Theorists and pacifists. It focuses on whether the opportunity costs of war lead to a form of pacifism, which it calls ‘Opportunity Costs ...
Pattison J.
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Why does conservation minimize opportunity costs?
Conservation Science and Practice, 2022 Effective management of depleted natural resources can be achieved only through changes in human actions. Opportunity costs represent the forgone benefits that would have flowed in the absence of conservation interventions. To the extent that opportunity
Patrick F. Smallhorn‐West +1 more
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Estimating the opportunity costs of bed‐days [PDF]
Health Economics (United Kingdom), 2018 Opportunity costs of bed‐days are fundamental to understanding the value of healthcare systems. They greatly influence burden of disease estimations and economic evaluations involving stays in healthcare facilities.
Frank G Sandmann +2 more
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The underuse of AI in the health sector: Opportunity costs, success stories, risks and recommendations. [PDF]
Health Technol (Berl), 2023 This contribution explores the underuse of artificial intelligence (AI) in the health sector, what this means for practice, and how much the underuse can cost. Attention is drawn to the relevance of an issue that the European Parliament has outlined as a
Pagallo U +7 more
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Entrepreneurial efforts and opportunity costs: evidence from twitch streamers [PDF]
International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2023 With the rise of digital platforms, individuals’ possibilities to generate income have increased drastically. In this context, we present digital content creation as a form of (digital) entrepreneurship that is characterized by potentially high but also ...
Wollborn P, Dornekott D, Holder U.
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Equity for health delivery: Opportunity costs and benefits among Community Health Workers in Rwanda. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2020 Community Health Workers (CHWs) play a vital role delivering health services to vulnerable populations in low resource settings. In Rwanda, CHWs provide village-level care focused on maternal/child health, control of infectious diseases, and health ...
Schurer JM +6 more
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Opportunity Costs of Receiving Palliative Chemotherapy for Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. [PDF]
JCO Oncol Pract, 2020 PURPOSE The median overall survival (OS) for metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (mPDAC) is < 1 year. Factors that contribute to quality of life during treatment are critical to quantify.
Bange EM +10 more
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The Low Opportunity Costs of the Amazon Soy Moratorium
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021 Brazil’s Amazon Soy Moratorium (ASM) contributed to overall reductions in Amazon deforestation since its implementation in 2006. Under the ASM, the Amazon soy sector maintains access to the growing share of the market that operates under zero ...
Lisa L. Rausch +2 more
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Estimating health opportunity costs in low-income and middle-income countries: a novel approach and evidence from cross-country data. [PDF]
BMJ Glob Health, 2018 The economic evaluation of healthcare interventions requires an assessment of whether the improvement in health outcomes they offer exceeds the improvement in health that would have been possible if the additional resources required had, instead, been ...
Ochalek J, Lomas J, Claxton K.
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Clinical Therapeutics, 2020 PURPOSE Evaluating whether a new health technology provides good value for money requires an assessment of its opportunity cost. If the opportunity cost of the new health technology exceeds the benefits, however measured, a net loss is produced.
Jessica Ochalek, James Lomas
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