While the life-saving innovations wrought by doctors and pharmaceutical companies can't be minimized given that humans themselves are economic capital, health care, far from an economic input, is for the most part pure consumption.

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This is the measure of output (taken as operating profit after tax and some other adjustments) less input (taken as the annual rental charge on the total capital employed, both debt and equity).

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Deciding whether to pursue the death penalty is a long process that involves input from victims and their relatives, said Chambers, adding that a capital case would require a finding of either extreme indifference or deliberation.

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