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What? Another Form? The Process of Measuring and Comparing Service Utilization in a Community Mental Health Program Model.
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Dewa, Carolyn S.; Horgan, Salinda; Russell, Marc; Keates, Jane – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2001
Describes experiences in developing a multi-program economic evaluation and costing study of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), a widely studied community mental health treatment model. The project description shows how the worlds of research and service delivery can collaborate to come to symbiotic resolutions. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Costs, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods
Program Analysis Using the Client Oriented Cost Outcome System
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Newman, Frederick L.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1978
The client-oriented cost outcome system provides feedback of the data generated by or for consumers for a program's service planning, delivery, quality control, and evaluation methods. The system's conceptual framework, necessary components, and applications for program evaluation are described. Available from: Pergamon Press, Maxwell House,…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Feedback
Three Critical Views of Functioning: Comparisons of Assessments Made by Individuals with Mental Illness, Their Case Managers, and Family Members.
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Massey, Oliver T.; Wu, Liang – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1994
Assessments of 41 mentally ill adults (consumers of mental health services) of their level of functioning were compared with assessments by family members and mental health services case managers. Moderate correlations are found among the perspectives, and the relevance of the three perspectives for community-based service provision is discussed.…
Descriptors: Ability, Administrators, Adults, Community Programs
Evaluation in South Africa.
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Evaluation and Program Planning, 1995
The seven articles of this special section explore evaluation in South Africa. Particular emphasis is placed on policy development in the areas of health, education, and housing and on efforts to alleviate the legacy of apartheid. Participative and quantitative efforts are described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Apartheid, Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Special Feature: Planning and Evaluating Minority Health Programs for the Future.
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Simson, Sharon P., Ed.; Wilson, Laura B., Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1991
Seven papers examine key minority populations that are encompassed in local, state, and federal levels of health program planning. The papers are based on methods of evaluation and planning. Projections on the future course of minority health programing are presented. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Aging (Individuals), Black Community, Community Programs