The ultra-poor programme is highly labour intensive, involving the constant hand-holding of people often lacking self-confidence or the nous to deal with the authorities, but Abed argued it was extremely cost-effective.
"It's extremely cost effective," he said.
Even though the cost of drilling and then training communities to maintain hand pumps is several times greater than an immunization campaign, in time it is extremely cost effective, because gaining the trust of a community ensures that health education messages will be more readily listened to.
First of all, it's extremely cost-effective.
"It's proven, it's extremely cost-effective, it's providing economic benefits for our region," said Kelly Speakes-Bacommissionermissiofer of the Maryland Public Service Commission and the chairwoman of the RGGI board of directors.
The eDetection App is a simple and effective tool for finding hidden TB cases in the community and it is extremely cost-effective.
In summary, this study, through the use of two mathematical models, has shown that the former unsanctioned SIF in Vancouver was extremely cost-effective.
PD was extremely cost-effective as compared with CVVHDF with no difference in mortality (84% in CVVHDF group versus 72% in PD group (P = 0.49).
If a DPP group lifestyle intervention could be delivered at one-third lower cost than the DPP lifestyle intervention and achieve the same outcomes, it would be extremely cost-effective compared with placebo.
Senator John B. Breaux, Democrat of Louisiana, said it was extremely difficult to compare the costs and benefits of private health plans being offered to Medicare beneficiaries because their brochures did not use a standard format or terminology.
Appearing in October before parliament's public accounts committee, the senior civil servant at the Ministry of Defence, Jon Thompson, could only say that it was "extremely difficult" to estimate future costs – calling it "the project that most keeps me awake at night" and "a monster".
