Testing of a new generation horizontal soil sampler

2000 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 259-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel T Ariaratnam ◽  
Erez N Allouche ◽  
Kevin W Biggar
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Horizontal Wells ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Directional Drilling ◽  
Horizontal Directional Drilling ◽  
Improve Cost Effectiveness ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Design And Testing ◽  
Improve Cost

Sampling using horizontal directional drilling allows the collection of soil samples from suspected zones located beneath structures and other surface-subsurface obstacles. However, current horizontal sampling techniques are time consuming and thus expensive. This paper describes the design and testing of a new multiple-port sampler for collection of soil samples from directionally drilled boreholes. The device uses a new methodology for horizontal sampling to improve cost-effectiveness and sample quality.Key words: horizontal directional drilling, horizontal wells, design, remediation, site characterization, sampling.

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF FALLS REDUCTION ON THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ADVANCED HYDRAULIC MICROPROCESSOR CONTROLLED KNEE PROTHESES IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH LOWER LIMB AMPUTATIONS

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henning Krüger ◽  
Andreas Hahn ◽  
Alexander Kuhlmann
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
National Assembly ◽  
Improve Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Concomitant Factors ◽  
The Cost ◽  
New Generation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Improve Cost

INTRODUCTION The assessment of cost-effectiveness and the use of health economical methods becomes of increasing importance when evaluating the impact of modern medical technology. The cost effectiveness of advanced hydraulic microprocessor controlled knees (MPKs) had recently by shown by RAND 1. A new generation of advanced hydraulic microprocessor controlled knee (MPK) components became available to address specifically the needs of elderly individuals The reduction of concomitant factors such as falls may significantly improve cost-effectiveness. Abstract PDF  Link: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cpoj/article/view/32041/24455 How to cite: Krüger H, Hahn A, Kuhlmann A. INFLUENCE OF FALLS REDUCTION ON THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ADVANCED HYDRAULIC MICROPROCESSOR CONTROLLED KNEE PROTHESES IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH LOWER LIMB AMPUTATIONS. CANADIAN PROSTHETICS & ORTHOTICS JOURNAL, VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2, 2018; ABSTRACT, ORAL PRESENTATION AT THE AOPA’S 101ST NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, SEPT. 26-29, VANCOUVER, CANADA, 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33137/cpoj.v1i2.32041                                                                           Abstracts were Peer-reviewed by the American Orthotic Prosthetic Association (AOPA) 101st National Assembly Scientific Committee.  http://www.aopanet.org/

Appropriateness and Cost-Effectiveness of Echocardiograms Ordered by Pediatric Cardiologists and Primary Care Providers for Syncope

2021 ◽  
pp. 000992282110382
Author(s):  
Tracey M. Thompson ◽  
Ty E. Hasselman ◽  
Yanzhi Wang ◽  
David W. Jantzen
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Pediatric Cardiology ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Primary Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Cost Effectiveness Ratio ◽  
Improve Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Cardiology Clinic ◽  
Improve Cost

The pediatric appropriate use criteria (AUC) were applied to transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE) ordered by primary care providers (PCPs) and pediatric cardiologists for the diagnosis of syncope to compare appropriateness ratings and cost-effectiveness. Included were patients ≤18 years of age from October 2016 to October 2018 with syncope who underwent initial outpatient pediatric TTE ordered by a PCP or were seen in Pediatric Cardiology clinic. Ordering rate of TTE by pediatric cardiologists, AUC classification, and TTE findings were obtained. PCPs ordered significantly more TTEs than pediatric cardiologists for “rarely appropriate” indications (61.5% vs 7.5%, P < .001). Cardiologists ordered TTEs at 17.2% of visits. Using appropriateness as a marker of effect, with the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, it was more cost-effective ($543.33 per patient) to refer to a pediatric cardiologist than to order the TTE alone. This suggests that improved PCP education of the AUC and appropriate indications of TTEs for syncope may improve cost-effectiveness when using order appropriateness as a marker of effectiveness.

scholarly journals Scoring system to improve cost effectiveness of open access endoscopy.

BMJ ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 288 (6429) ◽  
pp. 1538-1538
Author(s):  
S Huck ◽  
P M Davenport ◽  
B M Brock ◽  
A G Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Scoring System ◽  
Improve Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Improve Cost

scholarly journals Constraining Forest Certificate’s Market to Improve Cost-Effectiveness of Biodiversity Conservation in São Paulo State, Brazil

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. e0164850 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Bernasconi ◽  
Stefan Blumentrath ◽  
David N. Barton ◽  
Graciela M. Rusch ◽  
Ademar R. Romeiro
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
Improve Cost Effectiveness ◽  
São Paulo State ◽  
Improve Cost
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