People like me are using the Net to bypass the customary providers of television programming, along with the ads they show and the fees they collect.
With price capitations often set below the providers' customary fees and the increased administrative burdens of franchised membership, the motivations of providers to join and remain within a social franchise are poorly understood.
People who didn't tip tended to say their budgets were too tight (48 percent), or that it's not customary to tip some service providers (40 percent).
Moreover, the FGD participants were recruited by the village headmen who are considered as consent-providers under the Zambian customary law.
2008/2009 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey Data Straightt distance of household from the nearest health facility; Chi-squared test p value Facility not open, don't trust facility, not customary, Family did not allow, no female provider and Others.
A subsidiary question asked for the "main reason for home delivery" with women selecting their main reason from the following list of ten options: facility too far/no transport, not necessary, abrupt delivery, cost too much, facility not open, don't trust facility, not customary, family did not allow, no female provider, and other (unspecified).
In addition, the rule says, states should compare Medicaid payment rates with the amounts paid by Medicare or commercial insurers, with providers' costs or with their customary charges.
Vacuuming up information from doctors and other health care providers, Ingenix calculates the "usual, customary and reasonable rate" for medical services in different geographic areas.
In the providers' opinion, familiarity with a child's customary background and the potential for reciprocity made this a more desirable option than formal adoption.
I doubt that "reasonable and customary" is the $95 that my pediatrician (who is outside my preferred provider network) charges for a hepatitis B vaccine; my informal survey indicates that this is high, even by Manhattan standards.
