However, unlike other one-off health care interventions, the multiple visit nature of orthodontic care imposes travel and subsistence costs for the health tourist.
This research will particularly contribute to our understanding of chronic patient care in resource poor settings, where to date the vast majority of patient-provider interaction revolves around one-off acute care.
I don't care about a one off concert, or the improved sound quality that my headphones probably can't deliver to me anyway.
Furthermore, HIV testing campaigns are one off or repeated resource intensive activities, with no provision for continuity of care.
"As RT went to press, details were scarce on this one-off, but who cares?
These estimated costs can be 'variable' (ward nursing, ward medical, non-clinical salaries, pathology, imaging, allied health, pharmacy, supplies, on-costs, hotel, depreciation) or one-off 'fixed' (critical care, operating rooms, emergency departments, special procedure suites, prosthesis).
She is evil, loving, cruel, closed off, caring, and hurt all in one oxymoron.
Intensity of support is also important with evidence suggesting that interventions involving several contacts between mother and supporter are more effective than one-off episodes of care [ 24, 29].
This brought the one-off cost of terminal care down to €46000, but the ICER remained similar to the baseline at approximately €270000.
A 'care duty' on people's estates as a one-off payment to fund comprehensive care has the hallmarks of a better system.
