Managers have at last got it into their heads that they can no longer rest content with inefficient operations.

经理们最后终于明白不能再满足于低效率的运作。

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One has the superficial impression that too many people are employed in small, inefficient, family operations.

给人很肤浅的一个印象就是——很多人从事于小作坊型，无效的家庭运作。

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This is hugely inefficient, because pricey late interventions and operations could very often have been avoided with a much smaller investment in preventive care.

因为昂贵的事后干预和手术本可以通过小额的预防性保障服务而避免，所以这种系统极其低效。

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Donald Berwick, a Harvard Medical School professor and chief executive of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, says as much as 40% of U.S. medical spending is squandered on inefficient operations and unnecessary overhead.

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Reasons include inefficient aircraft operations and routes that are anything but 'direct'.

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This is hugely inefficient, because pricey late interventions and operations could very often have been avoided with a much smaller investment in preventive care.

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