This paper outlines a study and technology that teleports the knowledge and skills of doctors when and where they are needed resulting in a reduction of costs by reducing the number of patients who must be transported from remote areas to cities where specialists are located. Rapid access to...

Background: Direct and time costs of accessing and using health care may limit health care access, affect welfare loss, and lead to catastrophic spending especially among poorest households. To date, limited attention has been given to time and transport costs and how these costs are distributed...

Background Chronic migraine (CM) is a significant neurological condition affecting a substantial portion of the global population. The economic burden of CM includes both direct healthcare costs and indirect costs resulting from productivity losses and intangible impacts on patients' quality of...

The drought affecting Catalonia between 2007 and 2008 was the most severe of the last century and serves as a case study for the assessment of the economic costs of such an event. The main focus is the drought affecting the so-called Ter-Llobregat system which serves the Metropolitan area of...

Costing management represents an information and a management tool used in order to improve enterprise performance. This provides information on cost, profit, but can also be a technique to "maximize profitability" (management tool). The information produced by costing management extends from...

We assess the impact of HIV/AIDS on individuals’ health care utilization and spending in the Oyo and Plateau states of Nigeria and income foregone from work time lost. Data was from a 2004 survey of nearly 1,500 households, including 482 individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Estimating the effect...

Due to its hydro-geological features, the lagoon of Venice is especially vulnerable to climate change. In particular, it is strongly affected by gradual global warming that brings about the so-called ‘acqua alta’ (high water) phenomenon with greater frequency and intensity. In order to...

The end of the 1990’s marked the beginning of new management era. Organizations such as CAM-I (Computer Aided Manufacturing-International, later renamed to Consortium for Advanced Management-International) and the National Association of Accountants had introduced Activity-based costing - a...

The paper structures the advantages and the disadvantages of the determination method of the standard cost. The need of the enterprises to operate with production scientifically established and verifiable costs is a recognized fact by the practice and standard computer technology cost although...