Add in the effects of chance (what is known as the Monte Carlo simulation method), and you end up with what should be a plausible range of timescales and costs.
Administrative costs for physicians are in the range of 25-30 percent of practice revenues and insurance-related costs are 15 percent of revenues, according to a National Academy of Social Insurance report for The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Countries and industries across all sectors experience explicit costs, which range from the costs to government of directly administering the regulations to the compliance costs, such as data aggregation, integration and other significant reporting requirements.
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As well as letting them own the network, something that is becoming the holy grail of the industry, the new technology will both permit lower costs and make possible a range of new services.
For decades, plentiful Chinese labor kept down costs of a range of goods bought by Americans.
The graphic included below shows the range of median reductions in overnight capital costs per technology predicted by each expert under his or her recommended energy-innovation investments per industry.
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The deal reached Monday would keep most of Mr. Durbin's proposal in the final legislation both houses must approve, but allows the Fed to look at a broader range of factors, including fraud prevention costs, when determining what fees card-issuing banks can charge.
And there are health costs associated with a range of unhealthy behaviors, not to mention healthy ones.
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But the lure of quick dollars has attracted a whole range of cowboy operators who cut corners to drive costs further down.
As I indicated in my previous piece, this is much lower than the costs of Groupon (80% range) and Google (67%), because the latter depend on specialized complementary assets and information, which requires significant investment in infrastructure and marketing.
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The app is innovative in several ways, it addresses issue of range anxiety by using the smartphone to map out charging stations along the route, manage the costs of recharging and empower users to connect to their social media accounts to rank accomplishments and bond with other users.
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For many airlines, the rising price of oil has caused fuel costs to move from 30% of total expenses to the upper 40% range.
Regulators and economists scrutinizing the growing costs of health care have targeted a range of related activities by doctors, known as self-referrals.
There is no attempt to weigh the benefits against the costs of shale gas by examining the range of environmental and economic trade-offs.
Companies such as Google, PayPal and Square are now offering a wide range of alternative payment mechanisms that could finally mean lower transaction costs for consumers.
The ABS explanation: It incurs extra costs because it has to serve a range of denominations, including Roman Catholics, Protestants and Lutherans, while other Bible charities stick to one flavor.
Would that be enough of an incentive to compensate for higher upfront costs and range anxiety?
In markets where buyers and sellers are free to choose what they want from whomever they want, competition restrains costs, improves quality and gives individuals the widest range of choices.
But there are benefits to both of the other alternatives: IRAs typically offer a wider range of investment options, while 401(k) plans offer lower costs, particularly if they are sponsored by a big employer.
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Technology enlarged the market, not just geographically by lowering transport costs but also by making possible the trade in a whole range of goods that didn't exist before, such as pirated software or genetically modified marijuana.
Bank of America and Citigroup argue that they have given adequate disclosure regarding potential liability, but that there are some surprise costs or gains that will fall outside the range of expectations.
Second, we believe that, given that statistical analysis by a wide range of experts that say that between 40% and 70% of health-care costs are behaviorally based, we can do things like investing in wellness and preventive care and preventative screenings to actually reduce health-care costs.
Costs can range from several hundred to several thousand dollars, depending on the size and location of the tattoo.
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