Sentences with phrase «societal costs by»

Together with our partner organization, Environmental Integrity Project, we want to disrupt the notion that fracking has few societal costs by giving voice to those whose lives and health have been forever...

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According to an analysis of 2010 data by the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan think tank, the price tag was $ 669 million in direct hospital costs for just that year and $ 174 billion in larger societal costs, which includes disability, effects on employment, and other longer - term factors.

Perinatal events can result in associated longer term health and broader societal costs, as shown by the size of damages paid in obstetric litigation cases, which represent a substantial cost to the NHS.27 Follow - up over weeks or longer to monitor recovery, or a future assessment of the outcomes for mothers and babies at a later date, would act as a vehicle for estimating costs and consequences beyond the perinatal period and shed more light on long term cost effectiveness.

The analysis shows that in 2007, in Cardiff, where this collaborative approach was pioneered, the scheme lopped off almost # 7 million from health, societal, and criminal justice costs caused by violence.

The estimated individual and societal costs of violence recorded by the police in England and Wales in 2003 - 4 came to # 14 billion.

By targeting age - associated diseases, we believe that UNITY can treat these diseases, as well as contain healthcare costs and lessen the emotional and societal burden that comes with an aging population.

The move by Cerberus is a rare instance of a Wall Street firm bending to concerns about an investment's societal impact rather than a profit - at - all - costs ethos.

In one model, the use of assumptions recommended by the Office of Management and Budget produces an estimated positive benefit from increasing CO2 rather than a net societal cost.

Using the EPA «societal cost» estimate of $ 9 million per «life unnecessarily shortened» and multiplying it by the 50 + million abortions perpetrated in the US since Roe vs. Wade results in a «societal cost» of abortion of ~ $ 500 trillion.

It is equally imperative that we do not destroy the environment we are trying to save by rushing to develop low - emissions energy sources that will result in serious environmental harm, as well as high economic and societal costs.

A growing number of climate scientists have warned that if these nuclear plants were to abruptly close, carbon emissions in New York will increase by more than 31 million metric tons during the next two years, resulting in public health and other societal costs of at least $ 1.4 billion.

What I am unsure about is whether this will simply prove an opportunity for commercial and societal publishers to increase revenue (at the expense of investment in the research itself); whether large discrepancies in pricing by discipline and type of publisher will continue; and whether APCs will lead to price - sensitive competition for journal articles costs, disrupting what has has largely been a monopolistic pricing model for subscriptions and now for APC.

Change will be driven more by economic forces brought not just from women leaving law firms but from clients, younger male lawyers, increasing global competition, rising costs in both housing and commercial space, technology — and a host of other societal and business factors that we can not even imagine.

The vehicle has the potential to provide significant societal benefits, including reduced fuel consumption, job creation and lifting people out of poverty by providing low - cost transportation that will allow people to get to jobs.

Conclusions ICBT is a cost - effective treatment compared with IBSM and treatment costs are offset by societal net cost reductions in a short time.