But cost differences become even more striking when one looks at the nine top-selling medicines in the world.
As new capacity is built at a rapid pace in emerging markets, such cost differences will get even harder to ignore.
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Most trade occurs between countries which do not have huge cost differences.
When the researchers analysed women who had already given birth or who had no complicating conditions, the cost differences between planned places of birth narrowed.
Local prices may be distorted by trade barriers on beef, sales taxes, or big differences in the cost of property rents.
PPP, because prices may be distorted by trade barriers, sales taxes and differences in the cost of non-traded inputs such as rents.
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PPP, because local prices may be distorted by trade barriers on beef, sales taxes or big differences in the cost of non-traded inputs such as rents.
It called on a report on the differences in the cost of pension provisions arising from health inequalities to come before the assembly within a year of the act receiving Royal Assent.
Most economists reckon that the best way to compare living standards is to take GDP per person measured at purchasing-power parity (PPP), which adjusts for differences in the cost of living in each country.
It is very easy for a travel agent to explain such differences to you at no cost, very hard for you to figure out on your own, and even if you do, there is no upside.
Many policy analysts say that 200% is an irrelevant cutoff for SCHIP because it doesn't factor in the differences in health care premiums and cost of living among the states.
One of the most obvious differences between American and international business schools is the cost and duration of the MBA program.
There is much talk of cost synergies, but these often fail to materialise because cultural differences between the different personalities of the merging organisations clash and subvert the process.
So when it comes to regulatory bodies, the differences in effectiveness between an adversarial agenda and a cooperative one are stark, and the cost to the public is high.
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The small differences in price in this narrow range are far more profound than bigger jumps higher up the cost spectrum.
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