cost-effective option
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcost-effectiveandoption
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cost-effective
adjective
uk/ˌkɒst.ɪˈfek.tɪv/us/ˌkɑːst.ɪˈfek.tɪv/
If an activity is cost-effective, it is good value for the amount of ...
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option
noun
uk/ˈɒp.ʃən/us/ˈɑːp.ʃən/
one thing that can be chosen from a set of possibilities, or the freedom to make ...
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Although counselling was not shown to be acost-effectiveoption, this study has wider policy relevance.
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As we have considered immediate switching to a high-efficiency boiler as thecost-effectiveoption, the power plants further abate by adopting low-ash coal.
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This finding suggests that laser therapy is a highlycost-effectiveoption.
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Considering the total costs to society, it therefore appears that nondomestic care might be a cost-effectiveoptionfor some people with moderate to severe dementia.
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For nonsmokers, aspirin remains the mostcost-effectiveoption, with large levels of effects and relatively low cost for its benefits.
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The other curve shows the probability of therapy being the mostcost-effectiveoptionwhen the outcome measure is the fatigue score change divided by four.
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As always, we seek the mostcost-effectiveoption—we do not seek to impose on people.
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However, it can often be a morecost-effectiveoptionfor local authorities than a constant round of evictions and clear-up costs.
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They are expensive and in many cases are not the mostcost-effectiveoptionfor the protection of property.
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It is not even acost-effectiveoptionto transfer people from homes to hospitals.
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I think that that is wise, particularly as much of the evidence suggests that stocking is frequently not acost-effectiveoption.
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That is one example, as he said, of how attempting to change behaviour by education and publicity is not acost-effectiveoption.
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I hope that it may prove an extremely useful andcost-effectiveoption.
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The mostcost-effectiveoptionwas chosen.
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We would also consider using private security companies on security sector reform programmes, for example delivering training, if we judged them the mostcost-effectiveoptionto deliver a given programme.
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We therefore cannot accept that increasing the disregard automatically every year in line with inflation is necessarily the best and mostcost-effectiveoptionfor helping unemployed people.
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In some cases blending before supply with another source low in nitrate or treatment of the water to remove nitrate will be the mostcost-effectiveoption.
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In 2007, the company launched its urgent care initiative to meet the growing need for a cost-effectiveoptionto hospital emergency rooms for non-emergent conditions.
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This may be the mostcost-effectiveoptionin many cases.
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