List of metropolitan areas by population. One concept which measures the world's largest cities is that of the metropolitan area, which is based on the concept of a labor market area and is typically defined as an employment core (an area with a high density of available jobs) and the surrounding areas that have strong commuting ties to the core.
Average Costs. In treatment year 1, the average costs per patient diagnosed with PTSD ($8,300), TBI ($11,700), or both ($13,800) were much higher than the average costs for those with neither PTSD nor TBI ($2,400) (see Table 2 and Figure 3 on page 20).
1 Across all plans in the sample, the total unadjusted cost of care for all patients who received chemotherapy between 2008 and 2010 was nearly $558 million, including $384 million spent on office-managed episodes and $174 million on HOPD-managed episodes.or chemotherapy lasting only one month, patients treated in a hospital outpatient setting cost 28 percent more than patients managed in a physicianâs office. For patients receiving a full 12 months of chemotherapy, hospital outpatient care costs 53 percent more than in the physician office-based setting.