These influences create a false market that can not correct itself in price and quality.
That would in turn incrementally change how doctors and hospitals provide care, encouraging competition in price and quality.
There are huge variations in price and quality not just across the country, but also across states, cities, and even among doctors practicing at the same hospital.
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Research has shown that 80% of consumers are likely to switch brands that are similar in price and quality when one of those brands supports a cause.
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After slaving for three years building up my firm, the China Market Research Group, positioned as higher than McKinsey in price and quality for strategy projects focused on China, I feared losing it all.
Wayne Thomas said the rise in the price of coal and the quality of the anthracite in the local area had seen mining become more profitable in recent years and led to a "resurgence of interest".
Once teams of hard-working Japanese salesmen had prised open American and European markets in the 1970s, Western consumers were quickly won over by Japanese quality, design and price, whether in fuel-efficient cars or snazzy electronic gizmos, such as the Sony Walkman (for readers under 30: a portable machine that played music from tapes) or the Nintendo DS (for readers over 30: a gadget for playing video games).
In the higher price market, which is not too dissimilar from markets one might find in the U.S. or Europe in terms of price, quality and technology, international companies compete with the best of the Chinese companies.
It also fails to take into account the rise in quality and fall in price of many goods since Mexico opened up its economy in the 1990s, argues Mr de la Calle.
On shore, the fish are inspected and quality-controlled in order to fetch the maximum price on a market which is supplied on demand and year-round in a way which would not be possible without the live storage facility of a ranch.
We have Coolpix cameras that shoot an amazing photograph for their size and weight and price, and the person who buys that camera is just as interested in high quality as a person who buys a higher-level camera.
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To get cost saving with greater choice and high quality care, Gingrich relies upon the market which puts the patient at the center of the system where choice can be made by knowing the actual price and quality like everywhere else in the free market.
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"We're very confident in the structure and quality of the hybrid market, and in the ability of the NYSE and NYSE Arca to compete and continue to provide our customers with the best overall price and market quality, access to the greatest source of liquidity and greater choice in order execution, " he said.
In no other industry where service providers compete on price and quality would this lack of innovation be tolerated.
He recommends that exporters make sure that price differences in rich and poor markets reflect real differences in quality, or differences in the extra services attached.
But with a modest price point and quality components we found a clear winner in the Prodeco Mariner S, a small, sleek looking bike which that was delivered in a rather small box.
Unnecessary differences in various costs would be eliminated by a genuine market where people had price and quality information.
Ematic is a leader in portable media and value tablets offering high quality consumer electronics at an affordable price.
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Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) was highlighted in a prior column, and continues to be a quality Fallen Angel whose price is depressed.
Alegent, with nine hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, started My Cost in January 2007, posting the price of more than 500 tests and procedures along with data on quality of care.
It is 50 years since the price of Old Master and Modern pictures, at all levels of quality, was in rough equilibrium.
Auctioning diamonds works well in good times, but the price of Zaire's mainly low quality stones has dropped recently and will go lower.
Wahaha has established its own production plants and processing factories in the major fruit growing areas to ensure the quality of juice products and a competitive retail price.
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The conglomerates cannot match the specialists for price and quality, and the convenience of a one-stop shop no longer pulls in punters.
Build quality was on par with other similar devices in the same price range ( Roku boxes and Apple TVs) -- no complaints here.
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Use this as an opportunity to buy quality at lower price as in a few months time one will see that the quake and tsunami did not impact the long-term price of the companies we feel it is right to buy.
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And beginning October 1, 2013, qualified individuals will be able to shop for health insurance based on benefits, quality and price through the Health Insurance Marketplace (otherwise known as an Exchange) in their state.
At risk of echoing my retailer friends, I have to admit I didn't taste much that wasn't good, and there were even a few wines I'd even call great, particularly in terms of price-quality ratio.
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Remain active in your analysis, look for quality companies at discounted prices and be patient waiting for them to reach their discounted price before buying.
When a Costco customer walks in the door, he or she expects that the products will be of high quality and offered at a low price.
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