The phrase "and decrease the benefits" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the reduction of advantages or positive outcomes in a particular context, such as a policy change or a business decision.
Example: "The new regulations may lead to increased costs and decrease the benefits that employees currently enjoy."
Alternatives: "and reduce the advantages" or "and lessen the benefits."
In a TEDx talk in 2012, as well as in a series of editorials and reviews, O'Keefe has argued that exercise beyond a certain threshold can lead to heart disease, and possibly decrease the benefits of moderate exercise.
Our analysis on potential benefits and losses in different land uses shows that the conversion of forest to oil palm plantation will increase the monetary benefits received by private and household entities, and decrease the monetary benefits received by public entities due to the absence of a regulation governing the FFB.
That would certainly drive costs down; the only problem is that it wouldn't do anything to insure more people, and would actually decrease the benefits of those who do have insurance.
Both effects improve women's outside option, mating monogamously, and decrease the marginal benefit of the economic advantages provided by polygynous unions.
"I don't think processing will decrease the benefits, and it may actually improve the bioavailability of some bioactive compounds," like flavonoids, said Dr. Liu, who has studied the benefits of eating nuts.
Such delays increase the risk of irreversible organ damage and may decrease the benefit of ERT [ 28, 43, 47].
Labor is also yet to decide on the $1.4bn cut to the clean energy supplement, which would decrease the benefits of new welfare recipients.
That there are easily available fish that offer both high PUFA and low MeHg and that consumers should choose wisely among the available fish so as to maximize the benefit and decrease the risks is, I believe, the appropriate public health message.
However, a higher notch sensitivity and increased crack propagation rates may decrease the benefit of high-strength steels and their practicability of application.
Monitoring Cτ may optimise systemic exposure to improve clinical benefit and decrease the risk of certain adverse events.
