Adjective : to arrive at a risk-benefit ratio.    From Dictionary.com. 

It is a matter of business judgment, of risk-benefit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Al Meyerhoff: China Blues] Reference

This is a typical case of poor risk-benefit analysis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jeff Schweitzer: Stimulus Package and Scientific Illiteracy] Reference

It's called a risk-benefit analysis, you right-wing idiots.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-04-15] Reference

The second standard was the usual one of medical risk-benefit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference

The question is, how does the risk-benefit equation balance out?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Weighty Problems] Reference

The study found metformin to have the best risk-benefit profile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies Find More Health Risks With Avandia] Reference

"Instead of being safe and effective, the risk-benefit reversed.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Experts Battle Over Safety and Efficacy of SSRIs] Reference

So it's a complicated risk-benefit analysis that you've got to do.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Andrew Weil Discusses `Eating Well' - April 5, 2000] Reference

So that the risk-benefit ratio for low risk women is not favorable.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 7, 2004] Reference

You know, in medicine as with most things, it's a risk-benefit analysis.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2009] Reference

An agency reviewer said the drug carried a "worthwhile risk-benefit profile.".    From Wordnik.com.  [FDA Is Urged to Halt Review of Lilly Drug] Reference

Well it's like many other things in medicine there's a risk-benefit ratio with this.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2006] Reference

"They make this risk-benefit decision on their own, but they underestimate the risk.".    From Wordnik.com.  [When a Cuddly Crib Puts the Baby in Danger] Reference

So like I said, it really comes back to the risk-benefit analysis of all these things.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2009] Reference

And it is quite possible that Libby may have been right in this risk-benefit assessment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why I wrote that incriminating letter to Judy, by Lewis Libby] Reference

This is where "risk-benefit analysis" is cost-benefit analysis publicly and proudly discussed.    From Wordnik.com.  [George Lakoff: Give Thanks To Kathleen Sebelius For Saving 47,000 Women From Death By Cost-Benefit Analysis] Reference

"Obviously, we felt there was a positive risk-benefit relationship associated with this drug.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Genentech Clears Hurdle] Reference

But it is a serious risk, and uncertainty and risk-benefit analysis is part of almost all policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hansen and Schmidt: Predicting the Past? « Climate Audit] Reference

This is a typical case of poor risk-benefit analysis, another consequence of scientific illiteracy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jeff Schweitzer: Transition Topic I: Education and Scientific Illiteracy] Reference

In fact, any kind of risk-benefit analysis, honest or not, is likely to get you in trouble with juries ….    From Wordnik.com.  [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Safety Requires Honest Discussions Which Torts Punish] Reference

About the time she was contemplating the risk-benefit ratio of a good, all-out cry, her eye fell on her helmet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who Do You Say I Am] Reference

The new expert uses lots of older lore, but history records an official beginning to 'modern risk-benefit thinking.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Are You Scared?] Reference

Pfizer reiterated its confidence in the medicine's risk-benefit balance and pledged to continue to aggressively promote it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pfizer Net Drops 18%] Reference

"These new heart data significantly alter propoxyphene's risk-benefit profile," the FDA's John Jenkins said in a statement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Painkiller Darvon pulled because of risk to heart] Reference

A lot of pilots watched that and thought that that was a rather fool hardy move, given the risk-benefit analysis, if you will.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 28, 2001] Reference

If Vioxx were the only drug in its class, and offered unique risk-benefit tradeoffs, it might have been different, but it's not.    From Wordnik.com.  [FDA: Public, Economists, and Specialists, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Most national risk analysis frameworks focus on risk-benefit assessments that are derived from economic cost-benefit type analysis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Responses to genetically modified crop use in Africa] Reference

But "risk-benefit analysis" is just cost-benefit analysis, which in turn is what corporations use to maximize profit in the short term.    From Wordnik.com.  [George Lakoff: Give Thanks To Kathleen Sebelius For Saving 47,000 Women From Death By Cost-Benefit Analysis] Reference

AstraZeneca said Symbicort, which includes a long-acting ingredient along with a corticosteroid, has a "favorable risk-benefit profile.".    From Wordnik.com.  [FDA: Long-Acting Asthma Drugs Increase Asthma Risks] Reference

If we're in the middle of a smallpox threat or an actual smallpox event, then the risk-benefit ratio definitely leans towards doing that.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2001] Reference

Jody has a point only in the limited sense that people should certainly be told honestly about the risk-benefit balance of ANY treatment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Simon's Choice] Reference

The risk-benefit analysis will vary according to individual preferences and there is no way to write a guidline that will account for this.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health Care Administrative Costs, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Finally, of course, there are all the other risks of alcohol — accidents, addiction, and disease — that you have throw onto the risk-benefit scale.    From Wordnik.com.  [A drink a day to keep excess weight away?] Reference

And with the number of donors still so much lower than needy recipients, it doesn't look like that difficult risk-benefit equation is going to change any time soon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Risk Assessment] Reference

The risk-benefit considerations are strongly in favour of a "yes" to that question.    From Wordnik.com.  [canada.com Top Stories] Reference

This may modify the risk-benefit ratio of long-acting beta agonists in this population.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

"The risk-benefit ratio for screening is very different for a man in his 50s and a man in his 70s," she says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

Researchers say longer studies will be needed to determine the drug's long-term risk-benefit profile as a weight loss treatment.    From Wordnik.com.  [WebMD Health] Reference