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Educated guesswork.

J Kosterlitz
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Just about everyone applauds the use of cost estimates for federal programs as a way to curb the federal government's tendency to spend in the face of rising budget deficits. But a nagging question arises: Just how good are these cost estimates?

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Costs and Cost AnalysisData CollectionForecastingHealth ExpendituresHealth PolicyModels, EconometricUnited StatesJournal Article

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J Kosterlitz. 1991-10-05. Educated guesswork.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10114378/

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