Printing of the provider directory cost ∼AUD$20.00/unit; similar directories, certainly in Australia, are freely accessible online [ 28, 29].
The cost of a colonoscopy can easily surpass $1,800, according to Healthcare Bluebook, an online directory of medical costs.
"The kind of appreciation these users would like to see include loyalty programs where subscribers earn points for awards, free or low-cost directory assistance, and free batteries and travel chargers," says Bill Hughes, In-Stat analyst.
It may be that more businesses chose to advertise in the 2005 telephone directory due to cost or similar reasons.
Sightseeing The new Hawaii Museums and Cultural Attractions is the first statewide directory of such sites, and costs $8 from the Hawaii Museums Association, in care of Anne Smoke, Post Office Box 4125, Honolulu 96812-4125; (808) 988-7814; by e-mail to [email protected].
For example, the majority of patients learned about the physiotherapy practice through friends and former patients of the clinic emphasising word of mouth as a mean of attaining business, and only a fraction of patients learned about the clinic through the 'Golden pages business directory', indicating that the expensive cost of advertising may be unwarranted.
The committee's telephone directory to the Salt Lake City Winter Games costs $1. Don't bother making an offer on the receptionist's desk.
Different operations offered by the resulting service directory and an analysis of their costs are shown through experiments.
While this approach alone may introduce an intolerable bias, it could be combined with a name based selection from the phone directory and random dialling into a cost-efficient alternative to population register sampling.
