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The Customs Service retains an amount equal to the estimated cost of collecting these duties, including all costs of operations in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and an allocation of overhead; it transfers the remainder to the Treasury, which, in turn, transfers the collections to Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
It is estimated that direct medical costs constitute only 15% of total costs related to substance abuse, with the remainder being related to problems such as property damage, crime, absenteeism, and unemployment.
The similarity of the VA health care system to these national systems (including global budgeting, regionalization of costly services, and essentially free provision of care to a defined population) creates an important contrast with the remainder of the US health care system.
Thirty-five percent of energy savings occurs in electric-heated homes, with the remainder occurring in gas- or fuel oil-heated homes (either through reduced fossil fuel combustion or reduced electricity consumption for space cooling).
During the first 14 and final four high volume weeks of the postal fiscal year, 200 households are surveyed per week; for the remainder of the year, 50 households are surveyed weekly.