And lenders began to scrutinize costs more closely.
But it is sad when we reach the point where scrutinizing the cost of that defense is viewed as somehow unpatriotic.
Scrutinizing whether cost increase is proportional to quality improvement is thus essential when hospitals attach high intrinsic value to quality.
She folded 70 employee databases into a single one to scrutinize labor costs.
Corporate clients scrutinized every cost, including expensive outside law firms.
Where innovations are few, efficiency rules, and that's why James, who joined the company in 1992, has surrounded himself with a senior management team that scrutinizes the cost of running every quarry down to the pebble.
That's because as plan sponsors scrutinize the cost of 401(k) plan investment options more closely, there is a growing trend away from higher- cost retail mutual funds to lower-cost "institutional" versions of these funds and to low-cost index funds.
Biotechnology stocks have turned volatile in recent weeks as regulators scrutinize the cost of their drugs and investors worry their earnings won't justify lofty stock prices.
To better understand the indications and benefits of locked plating for these injuries, future studies should carefully scrutinize the cost-benefit of such devices in light of the reported outcomes.
rewarded doctors based on their ability to keep medical costs down, scrutinizing their billing to make sure they were not ordering more high-priced tests and procedures than other doctors treating the same ailments.
They believed that HIRA's role is to reduce medication costs by scrutinizing their claims and often rejecting their requests for reimbursements.
