Furthermore, we show that time-differentiated pricing, due to its targeted pricing mechanism, provides a more cost-effective approach than undifferentiated pricing or technology-based standards for reducing NOx emissions on high-ozone days, but is not cost-effective at reducing summer-wide NOx emissions.
Any intervention that is cost-effective at reducing aspects of the burden of PD, in this case falls, could have important economic benefits for patients and families, and for the health-care system as a whole.
There is consensus 5 7 on the general areas for action by the various sectors of society 8 12 and it has been shown that many specific, food-related policies to change food environments are likely to be very effective and cost-effective at reducing obesity.
A single-payer system would likely "be more effective" at reducing those costs, he concluded.
Individualised care programmes for patients at high risk of hospitalisation have been effective at reducing health costs in countries including Sweden, Germany, America and the UK [ 1, 8, 18, 32] and incorporating risk profiling tools into UK-based systems has proved unproblematic [ 18].
I strongly suspect that fiscal stimulus will be more cost effective at speeding deleveraging and recovery than government-paid policies aimed directly at reducing debt.
It also adds that while the earned income tax credit may be costing the government money, it has proven effective at reducing poverty. .
CONCLUSIONS Adding a depression care manager to an existing diabetes management team was effective at reducing depressive symptoms at a reasonable cost.
There is good evidence that among those tested CRC screening is both effective at reducing CRC mortality (Hewitson et al, 2008) and cost-effective (Tappenden et al, 2004).
