societal cost
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsocietalandcost
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societal
adjective[before noun]
uk/səˈsaɪ.ə.təl/us/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬əl/
relating to or ...
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cost
noun
uk/kɒst/us/kɑːst/
the amount of money needed to buy, do, or ...
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Some have argued that, for certain kinds of chronic conditions and behavioral risk factors,societalcost-effectiveness is maximized when prevention is a priority (52).
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Using the combined upper confidence limits, the results of the procedure reduced the incrementalsocietalcostfrom $789 to $210 per patient.
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In particular, officials who lack capacity may be unable to capitalize on windows opened by triggers producing societal costs and demands for change.
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In contrast, lost productivity constitutes 85% or more of expected societal costs for persons who acquire their hearing loss during their working years.
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There are substantial local authority (community care) and societal costs in caring for the demented elderly.
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For example, an initial judgment on the societal costs of a new health technology may be extremely difficult to arrive at this stage.
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Older people are major consumers of prescription medication and, as such, demand attention in order to minimize the individual and societal costs of poor adherence.
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The court noted that necessity is a utilitarian defense, meaning that it applies where the harm caused by the defendant's actions outweighs thesocietalcostof inaction.
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Estimated societal costs of assertive community mental health care.
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How does one incorporate externalities in models, since infectious diseases automatically imply societal costs not adequately considered in the decisions facing individuals?
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The transitions are associated with economic and societal costs and benefits.
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The societal costs are more difficult to estimate, but two important points have been identified.
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However, in the absence of proper cost estimates for this, no societal costs were placed upon it.
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The choice of initial management strategy contributes markedly to differences in societal costs.
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Societal costs of hearing loss 60.
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As for the societal costs, universal leukoreduction generates both additional costs related to the procedure and savings related to the more efficient use of resources at the blood banks.
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A societal perspective would have been preferable, but the task of estimating societal costs for the heterogeneous group of patients in a department of internal medicine would have been insurmountable.
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Economic and societal costs and benefits can be associated with these transitions, in terms of health and healthcare costs, but also, for instance, in terms of productivity losses and gains.
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This estimate accounted for medical costs, productivity losses, and the societal costs of work-related fatalities, injuries, and illnesses.
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