• Neonatal Medicine
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.13-20
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• 2010

Purpose : Because infants who have been hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are usually ill or premature, they are hospitalized repeatedly after their discharge. We intended to survey the frequencies and the medical costs of those rehospitalizations. Methods : The NICUs of 7 major hospitals were included. The subjects were 3,451 infants that were admitted to the NICU from July 2005 to June 2006, and discharged to home. The frequency, causes, mean cost and distribution and proportion of National Health Insurance coverage and non covered costs were analyzed. Results : The rate of rehospitalization after discharge from the NICU over 1 year was 14.8%. If multiple cases are considered as individual cases, it is 21.7%. The major causes of admission were pneumonia (15.8%), bronchiolitis (14.5%), gastroenteritis (10.4%), urinary tract infection (6.3%) and sepsis (6.3%). The mean cost for each admission was 1,652 thousand won. The mean cost of National Health Insurance coverage was 1,170 thousand won and non covered coat were 472 thousand won 70.9% and 28.6% respectively. Conclusion : The ratio of rehospitalization of infants after their discharge from the NICU over 1 year was approximately 20% and it means that follow-up management of these infants is very important and meticulous concerns after discharge should be given. However the rehospitalization and the non-coverage proportion of National Health Insurance cost is considerably high. It strongly implies that National Health Insurance should cover much more proportion, and personal cost exemption should be proceeded in case of rehospitalization of infants after discharge from the NICU.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.1-9
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• 2019

Recently, in the space market, there has been a rapid reduction of the launch price. The major reason is that a few commercial companies, especially SpaceX, began to enter into the space market about ten years ago, which has changed the space market from monopolization to competition, and accelerated the adoption of commercial efficiency in the technology and management. Also, the successful landing and recovery of a first stage in 2016 by SpaceX proved to be a prelude to opening a new era of reusable launch vehicles, and SpaceX declared the groundbreaking launch price through using the reusable launch vehicle. This study calculates the total launch cost required to put a certain satellite into the LEO, compares the launch cost in three cases with different payload weights, and reviews the impacts of the payload on the cost effectiveness of a reusable vehicle. The total launch cost is divided into 6 subsections cost, namely development cost, production cost, refurbishment cost, operation cost, fixed-cost of factory and launch site, and insurance cost. The cost estimation relationships used in the calculation are taken from the commonly proven cost models such as TRANSCOST.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.191-197
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• 2020

As an effective means of price discrimination, some suppliers offer trade credit to the distributors for the purpose of increasing the demand of the product they produce. The availability of the delay in payments from the supplier enables discount of the distributor's selling price from a wider range of the price option in anticipation of increased customer's demand. In this regard, we consider the problem of determining the distributor's optimal price and lot size simultaneously when the supplier permits delay in payments for an order of a product whose demand rate is represented by a constant price elasticity function. It is assumed that the distributor pays the shipping cost for the order and hence, the distributor's ordering cost consists of a fixed ordering cost and the shipping cost that depend on the order quantity. For the analysis, it is also assumed that inventory is depleted not only by customer's demand but also by decay. We are able to develop a solution algorithm from the properties of the mathematical model. A numerical example is presented to illustrate the algorithm developed.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.93-101
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• 2009

BTL projects, which has been 3 years since it was carried out in 2008, trigged the controversy on the adequacy in the calculation of disbursement for Government due to such problems as low earning rate and the burden of service level compared with the project suggestion. Thus, the purpose of this study is to offer a suggestion on the calculation system for the purpose of the standardized - expense appropriation by item and database including the antecedent study on the finance model and the feasibility in BTL projects. The system is composed of 4 steps - project management, basic database, an analysis on expense by item and the result, and an analysis on sensitivity, and it is possible to carry out a comparative analysis on single and multi alternatives by variable change along with the ground on expense calculation.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.247-270
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• 2020

The value of a statistical life (VSL) plays a very important role in estimating the benefits of environmental policy. It is used, for example, as a unit of monetization of health benefits resulting from the reduction of air pollutants, which is the basis of cost-benefit analysis of policies. The VSL can be defined as the value that people of each society are willing to pay to reduce the risk of death, so the value should reflect the characteristics of its members. In this study, we apply a choice experiment with 3,081 respondents collected through a web survey were divided into two samples according to the type of questions. Among the various estimates, the most appropriate estimate of the VSL is about 1.3 billion won from 1,528 sample, which is similar to the results of the meta-analysis using estimates from prior studies conducted in Korea. In addition, this study shows that a private prevention program is preferred to reduce the risk of death from cancer rather than a public program.

• Plant Journal
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.32-36
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• 2016

In this study, a penalty cost appropriation methodology for CGAM performance acceptance test was suggested. As the result of CGAM performance test, there were 0.31% decreases in electricity output, 0.39% decreases in heat rate on electricity output, 0.31% increases in heat output, and 0.23% increases in heat rate on heat output. As the result of penalty cost appropriation for above performance, the penalty cost was calculated as -$20,837 in electricity output, -$25,930 in heat rate on electricity output, +$10,340 in heat output, and +$7,715 in heat rate on heat output. Each penalty is appropriated as above fore kinds, however the total penalty should be determined as how to combine above fore kinds of penalty. In our calculation, the minimum total penalty was -$18,215 and the maximum total penalty was -$46,767. The methodology of total penalty appropriation should be determined in the contract between ordering organization and construction firm, and we can understand that it is very important.

• Journal of Distribution Research
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.25-45
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• 2004

As electronic commerce establishes itself as a viable and competitive channel, this research compares the attractiveness of online and offline purchase from a transaction cost perspective. In the process, we propose a framework that integrates transaction cost with purchase decision process and product type. Specifically, the paper proposes and tests hypotheses regarding the difference between online and offline channels with respect to the transaction costs incurred in each stage of the purchase decision process. These differences are further compared across different product types categorized according to the FCB Grid. A total of 24 hypotheses were tested by conducting a questionnaire survey on university students. The results showed that 19 out of 24 hypotheses were supported. Following a detailed presentation of the analysis results, the paper concludes by discussing the academic and managerial implications of the findings.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.584-585
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• 2011

우리나라 자가발전 도서 132개 중 10개 도서를 대상으로 디젤발전과 태양광 풍력의 경제성을 비교하였다. 도서별 전력수요 추정과 함께 발전원의 수명기간 동안 총 비용을 총 발전량으로 나눈 균등화발전단가(원/kWh)를 경제성 분석지표로 사용하였다. 도서별 실제 태양광과 풍황 등 자원량을 반영하지는 않았고 태양광 15%, 풍력 21% 이용률을 가정하였다. 그 결과 4개도서가 경제성 확보가 가능한 것으로 분석되었다. 향후 국가 차원의 손실 최소화 방안 및 국가적 편익 비용을 산출함으로서 향후 도서지역 중장기 경제적 전력공급을 위한 도서 전원 구성에 관한 정책적 방향을 제시할 예정이다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.169-169
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• 2017

수자원의 관리적인 측면에서 하천에서 발생하는 재해로부터 자유롭기 위해 치수는 매우 중요하다. 특히 치수사업은 투자를 통해 주어진 제원을 알맞게 분배하고 사업의 타당성과 우선순위를 정하는 객관적인 기준이 필요하다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 소하천 치수사업을 진행함에 있어 투자효율을 고려하여 치수 경제성 분석을 방법을 제시하고 연구를 수행하였다. 대상지역은 강원도 고성군에 위치한 홍수범람지구 7개 소하천으로 선정하였다. 치수사업에 따른 직접 편익을 계산하기 위해 홍수빈도와 피해액의 관계를 결정하였으며 이를 토대로 유량규모별 피해액을 산정하고 치수시설의 완성 및 유지관리에 필요한 비용을 산정하여 총 사업비를 구체화 시켰다. 경제성 평가기준인 총비용과 그 투자에 대한 총 편익을 비교하기위해 순현가(NPV), 편익/비용비(B/C), 내부수익율(IRR)의 세 가지 기법을 이용하였으며 동일치수사업에 대해서는 B/C비기준에 의한 평가로 경제성 평가를 실시하였다. 그 결과, 연구 구간의 계획 규모를 50년으로 선정하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.409-412
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• 2006

펀드의 성과 평가는 펀드선택 의사결정시 가장 중요한 고려요인이다. 전통적인 펀드 성과평과 지표인 샤프비율이나 트레이너 비율은 운용비용과 거래비용 등과 같은 다양한 요소들을 반영하지 못하고 있다. 펀드의 여러 수익과 비용요인들을 반영하기 위해, 본 연구에서는 DEA를 이용하여 펀드의 상대적인 효율성을 측정하였다. 분석자료는 2005년 12월 31일까지 국내에 존재하는 3년 이상 운용된 67개의 장기펀드를 대상으로 분석하였다. 입력변수는 비용과 관련된 총 보수율, 월수익률의 표준편차, 펀드 규모를 나타내기 위한 평균설정좌수를 이용하였고 출력변수는 이익과 관련된 예상 월평균수익률과 시장포트폴리오의 월수익률을 상회한 기간의 비율을 사용하였다. 본 연구결과, DEA를 통해 수익률만으로는 평가할 수 없는 펀드의 운용능력을 평가할 수 있었다.