Admittedly, calculating postponement values may seem too technical for routine use by a typical prescriber.
The calculated end point postponement values are given in table 1, together with the effect measures provided in the original publications.
Fourth, we could only include 11 of 27 trials, and we need to consider the possibility that the low postponement values may be explained by selection bias.
4 It has been shown that patients are more responsive to values of postponement than to values of NNT. 7 Technically, the average postponement can be calculated as the area between the survival curves for the treated and the untreated.
The model is then used to analyze three fundamental network building blocks – an independent design, a radial design, and a meshed design – seeking to develop network design insights, in particular regarding the joint value of postponement and other sources of operational flexibility.
Furthermore, psychological factors involving motivation for parenthood and the family values associated with postponement have been studied [ 11], as have whether social age limits exist for childbearing [ 22].
Throughout history, money has played two essential roles in cultural emergence: The first is it helped humanity exit the compulsive phase of existence -- the Third Level value system that seeks immediate gratification through pillage and conquest -- and on to the Fourth Level system, the values of temperance and postponement of impulsive acts for the promise of future rewards.
To really reap the benefits of global sourcing, manufacturers are likely to increase the share of generic components, design the product for postponement, or at a minimum decrease the value of unique parts that require local sourcing.
Other reasons given for postponement were efficient forms of contraception, changes in values, gender equity, partner changes, housing conditions, economic uncertainty, and absence of supportive family policies [ 8].
This reaction could be designed for relationship building: acceptance of the patient confession at face value, deference to patient sensitivities or postponement of difficult topics for another day.
Although few would argue that the postponement of death is a tangible gain, the value of increasing longevity is difficult to translate into monetary terms, and there has often been an undue focus on the perceived negatives (health and social care costs, including pensions).
