That was because Sun had been stubbornly ignoring an industry trend toward low-cost, standardised hardware and software that customers could buy piecemeal and patch together.
Including direct intervention costs, intervention group costs (unadjusted for case-mix) were greater than control group costs (standardised difference 15%).> -wrap-foot> There was a small, not statistically significant difference in mean adjusted QALY scores at 12 months in favour of the telecare group [0.003 −0.0188, 0.024)] (Table 2).
All costs were standardised to the NHS financial year 2004/2005 which was when the cost-analysis was completed.
Between countries, costs were standardised to a common currency using Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) rather than exchange rates, as the latter were designed to compare costs in financial markets which, unlike health service costs, change rapidly.
Fortunately they still have plenty of scope to cut costs by standardising both their "platforms"—the underpinnings onto which the rest of the car is assembled and other components under the bonnet that drivers do not see.
If early physical exercise proves to be (cost) effective, establishing standardised physical exercise programmes during cancer treatment will be planned.
If early physical exercise proves to be effective and cost effective, establishing standardised physical exercise programmes during treatment of breast and colon cancer patients will be a logical next step.
22 23 In contrast to the findings for food-based diet patterns, healthier versus less healthy nutrient-based diet patterns were not significantly different in price when based on a day's actual intake, but only cost more when standardised to 2000 kcal.
The focus of this article is inpatient care, for which the costing methodology is standardised and supported by a state-wide costing system, PCM, provided by Power HealthSolutions.
Finally, standardising cost and cost-effectiveness information within trial evaluations would help policymakers make decisions about health versus criminal justice costs.
PartiCoststs of the trial will receive a lay summary of the trial results.
