Drugs development is cheaper than widely claimed, experts say

Cheaper HIV/AIDS drugs coming.

When Is Free/Open Source Software Development Faster, Better, and Cheaper than Software Engineering?

1. This chapter draws attention to the question of determining the conditions when free/open source software development may represent a significant alternative to modern software engineering techniques for developing large-scale software systems. F/OSSD often entails shorter development times that can produce higher quality systems, and incur lower costs than may be realized through developing...

Is laparoscopic cholecystectomy cheaper?

As laparoscopic cholecystectomy is being used more and more frequently, a cost analysis was aimed to be performed to evaluate cost effectiveness in Turkey. Records of 376 patients who underwent cholecystectomy by various methods were analyzed retrospectively. Mean duration of postoperative hospital stay was 5.1 +/- 2.6 days for the open cholecystectomy group (OC group), composed of 177 patients...

MERS differs from SARS, say experts.

Benchmarks for "scheduled" cases unwise, experts say.