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Incremental Costs for Incremental Decisions in Telecommunications

Diversijication by incumbent telecommunications companies raises many issues for regulators. Given the concerns expressed by potential competitors antl.some ·consumergroups, it is important for regulatory commissions to adopt costing principles that cannot be manipulated bypmticipants in the hearing process. Incremental cost is offered as the benchmark conceptforidentifyingpredation and cross-s...

Estimating lifetime healthcare costs with morbidity data

BACKGROUND In many developed countries, the economic crisis started in 2008 producing a serious contraction of the financial resources spent on healthcare. Identifying which individuals will require more resources and the moment in their lives these resources have to be allocated becomes essential. It is well known that a small number of individuals with complex healthcare needs consume a high ...

Estimating Environmental Costs

Added demands on natural resources and proposed environmental regulations could potentially have a significant impact on the production and operational costs of information technology (IT). In this paper, we utilize an Economic Input-Output Life-Cycle Assessment (EIO-LCA) framework to model projected changes in the cost structure of a portfolio of IT products due to increased electricity prices...

Estimating Prevalence & Costs

Estimating medical costs

Abstract: Nonparametric estimators of the mean total cost have been proposed in a variety of settings. In clinical trials it is generally impractical to follow up patients until all have responded, and therefore censoring of patient outcomes and total cost will occur in practice. We describe a general longitudinal framework in which costs emanate from two streams, during sojourn in health state...