High impact information on Cost Allocation

• The primary contribution of the CNB hypothesis is that it has served as the main framework for investigation of how resources affect phenotypic expression of plant defense, often with studies concerned about allocation cost of defense [1].
• In particular, because teaching hospitals apportion costs more heavily on the inpatient side, cost allocation differences cause upward bias in the PPS medical education adjustment [2].
• Indirect evidence suggests that there was cost-shifting in response to this program, which regulated payment for only Blue Cross and Medicaid patients [3].
• CONCLUSIONS: At-home treatment of uncomplicated DVT using enoxaparin in an Australian metropolitan setting provides effective cost minimization, with little cost-shifting [4].
• The RVU and WMS methods of pharmacy cost allocation gave significantly different pharmacy costs per case for the six CMGs studied [5].

Associations of Cost Allocation with chemical compounds

• The experience of the Capitol Region Library Council and the University of Connecticut Health Center in developing a cost allocation formula for a circulation and online catalog shared by twenty-nine libraries is reviewed [6].

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