The core idea in defining milestones is to identify risks and to create a plan to address risks in a logical and cost effective manner.
The cost/effectiveness studies in the Department of Defense and "value analysis" studies at General Electric11 illustrate the application of such thinking to logical cost reduction and efficiency improvement.
They can produce high neutron flux with logical cost, while the spectrum of the emitted neutrons extends up to 15.5 MeV (in a DT mode) [12].
The release of Solís thinned Washington's bullpen to two lefties — closer Sean Doolittle and Matt Grace — making Sipp a logical, low-cost signing after he made $6 million last year.
Although this seems to be a logical and cost-conscious measure, we need to realize that this practice is not supported by sound clinical trial data.
As symptoms of constipation are the first points of discussion between a patient and their clinician the ability to subtype patients based upon these symptoms is important because, ideally it should direct a logical and cost-effective investigative pathway without the need for expensive and inconvenient testing.
"It was the best, most logical, cost-effective option available at a time when a decision had to be made," he said.
With Pimco's assets falling rapidly and the equity portfolio failing to make headway, the stock mutual fund operation was a logical candidate for cost cutting, Kinnel said.
"Considering that more students than ever suffer from ill mental health, findings of this study suggest that investment in providing sleep-related interventions is a logical and possibly cost-effective way to tackle this growing problem among our young people," she said.
As LOS in a hospital is a major contributor to healthcare cost, it is a logical assumption that CDI contributes an economic cost to the health system, a view shared by Ghantoji, Sail et al. [ 4].
The other reason is a logical take on the cost-benefit ratio.
