The phrase "ascertaining cost" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the process of determining or calculating the cost of something, often in a business or financial context.
Example: "The project manager is focused on ascertaining cost before finalizing the budget for the upcoming project."
Alternatives: "determining cost" or "calculating cost".
Besides the practical difficulties in ascertaining costs of dengue outbreaks in the field, the costing of dengue outbreaks is problematic in several other respects: i) the health systems and the economy of countries are very different in terms of their health systems' structures and the resources deployed to combat dengue.
Even insurance premiums, the knowledge of which would help ascertain costs and magnitude of risk, are hard to access.
Based on the simulated demolition sequence, contractors are able to estimate the numbers of workers, types of machine hired and time required accurately, as well as to ascertain costs of demolition and budget some contingency.
Most studies ascertained costs retrospectively and from the literature.
We ascertained costs of often used drugs from local merchants.
Children who develop cough as a symptom at any time over the 12 months are subsequently followed weekly for four weeks to ascertain costs and cough outcomes.
To ascertain cost-effective application of markers in a breeding program, high-resolution melting (HRM) analysis was performed; four markers were found to perfectly separate sexes in pistachio.
A health economic analysis is also included with the objective of ascertaining the cost effectiveness of the intervention compared to standard care, and the potential benefit of the intervention in terms of number of life years saved.
The Markov model (see Figures 1, 2 and 3) utilised results from the pivotal sunitinib phase III study by Motzer et al (2006) and a survival study by Demetri et al (2006) to ascertain the cost and cost-effectiveness associated with taking the approved 50 mg day−1 of sunitinib in a 4 week with 2 week rest treatment schedule.
The case studies ascertain the cost of energy associated with a standard HAWT (horizontal axis wind turbine), in terms of exemplar rural and urban locations.
