A transportation authority spokesman wrote in an e-mail that the agency had adopted a "new approach to maximize cost effectiveness for all of our capital projects".
8 Although schistosomiasis control has come to rely almost exclusively on mass drug administration (MDA) with the drug used (praziquantel) being comparatively cheap, a tool to maximize cost effectiveness and health impact would still be useful.
Identifying the period of time in which to treat patients with severe sepsis is important in terms of maximizing cost-effectiveness and decreasing morbidity and mortality.
To maximize cost-effectiveness and practicality in some cases, we allowed local product availability to dictate reagent use in some cases in lieu of universal standardization (Table 1).
Such applications may be particularly important to maximize cost-effectiveness under the Accountable Care Organization model.
Decision analyses also allow other measures such as costs to be incorporated and the analysis aims to minimize costs or maximize cost-effectiveness from a health service perspective.
Regarding economic aspects, the group format can maximize cost-effectiveness by providing a treatment to several patients at once, hereby reducing therapist hours.
For example, the provision of carbohydrate-rich, low-cost local staple foods, such as cornmeal, rice, or green banana, may appear to be the preferred intervention to reduce the supplement cost and maximize cost-effectiveness.
Ethical, cultural, and political considerations, which go beyond maximizing the cost-effectiveness objectives, need to be considered carefully.
By intervening in neighborhoods with high rates of drug use, it is easier and more efficient to target prevention resources, maximizing the cost-effectiveness of prevention funding.
