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Financial cost
Known as:
Cost
, Costs
The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for purchasing goods, services and financial instruments.
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The Impact of the Highmark Employee Wellness Programs on 4-Year Healthcare Costs
B. Naydeck
,
J. Pearson
,
R. Ozminkowski
,
B. Day
,
R. Goetzel
Journal of Occupational and Environmental…
2008
Corpus ID: 8489802
Objective: To determine the return on investment (ROI) of Highmark Inc.’s employee wellness programs. Methods: Growth curve…
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Lean consumption.
J. Womack
,
Daniel T. Jones
Harvard Business Review
2005
Corpus ID: 6553710
During the past 20 years, the real price of most consumer goods has fallen worldwide, the variety of goods and the range of sales…
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Review
2001
Review
2001
Determinants of functional outcome and healthcare costs in bipolar disorder: a high-intensity follow-up study.
Mark S. Bauer
,
G. Kirk
,
C. Gavin
,
W. Williford
Journal of Affective Disorders
2001
Corpus ID: 24052345
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
A quick-and-easy method for estimating switching costs
Oz Shy
2001
Corpus ID: 54891929
I develop and test a method for a quick-and-easy calculation of consumer switching costs among brands in a given industry. The…
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Review
2000
Review
2000
The costs of rheumatoid arthritis: an international long-term view.
Klaus M. Pugner
,
David I. Scott
,
Jeremy W. Holmes
,
Klaus Hieke
Seminars in Arthritis & Rheumatism
2000
Corpus ID: 1271997
Review
1999
Review
1999
Costs and benefits of ISO 9000 series: a practical study
Hareton K. N. Leung
,
Keith C. C. Chan
,
Tat Y. Lee
1999
Corpus ID: 73629152
This paper presents the result of a study to identify the costs and benefits of obtaining ISO 9000 certification. Toward this…
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Review
1997
Review
1997
Indirect and nonmedical costs among people with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis compared with nonarthritic controls.
S. Gabriel
,
C. Crowson
,
Megan E. Campion
,
W. O'Fallon
Journal of Rheumatology
1997
Corpus ID: 25701977
OBJECTIVE Compared to rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoarthritis (OA) is considered much more benign and much less costly. We…
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Hospital cost containment in the 1980s. Hard lessons learned and prospects for the 1990s.
William B. Schwartz
,
D. Mendelson
New England Journal of Medicine
1991
Corpus ID: 44259146
BACKGROUND A key strategy used to contain hospital costs during the 1980s was to reduce the total number of admissions and…
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Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
The incidence and economic costs of cancer, motor vehicle injuries, coronary heart disease, and stroke: a comparative analysis.
N. S. Hartunian
,
C. N. Smart
,
M. Thompson
American Journal of Public Health
1980
Corpus ID: 29532881
The economic impact of disease and injury has most often been calculated by examining the costs associated with the prevalence of…
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Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Hospital costs and mortality attributed to nosocomial bacteremias.
Robert F. Spengler
,
William B. Greenough
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
1978
Corpus ID: 44918927
Hospital patients with nosocomial bacteremia and matched hospital control patients without this infection were used to determine…
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