Putting our money to good use: Can we attract more passengers without increasing subsidies?

Putting our money to good use: Can we attract more passengers without increasing subsidies?

This paper evaluates the policy of Swedish public transport authorities, determining whether the number of trips on local public transport could have been increased without increasing subsidies. Based on annual data from Swedish counties, the evaluation found that between 1986 and 2001 public transport fares exceeded the passenger-maximizing fare most of the time in all but two counties, the av...

Can We Add Auricular Composite Graft to Our Rhinoplasty Armamentarium?

BACKGROUND The ala of the nose, with its particular texture and characteristics, poses both aesthetically and functionally intriguing challenges and is rather problematic regarding choices for reconstructive methods. Both flaps and grafts have been used to restore natural structure of nasal ala. The present study summarizes a ten-year experience of reconstructive surgery using small composite...

Key performance indicators - a tool to answer the questions, what do we get for our money? and how can we use this money even more efficiently?

Introduction Introducing key performance indicators is part of a government strategy, and a first step to an improved overview on the use of resources in the Danish hospitalcare sector. It also answers the question, what do we get for our money? Publishing these key performance indicators will make best practice visible, and thereby provide information on how to use resources even more efficien...

Putting Types to Good Use

Putting Non-functional Requirements to Good Use*

Non-functional requirements are often ignored or given little importance in the curriculum. This is unfortunate, because there are many interesting and important learning opportunities to be gained from a serious consideration of them. In addition, there is currently no separate document associated with these requirements. This paper introduces the Performance Case to remedy this situation. Per...