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Peer reviewedPosavac, Emil J. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1997
This book is written for program administrators who want to become familiar with program evaluation methods. Outcome-based evaluation is defined as a form of program evaluation that uses objective person-referenced outcomes (measuring the functional level and social roles of program clients) to analyze effectiveness, impact, or costs and benefits.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedShapira, Philip; Kingsley, Gordon – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1997
Poses additional complexities for the evaluation of government programs by the formation of partnerships with the private sector. Challenges include differing partner objectives, information deficiencies, variances in partner contributions and outcome effects, and difficulties in estimating benefits and costs. Discusses strategies to aid…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs, Government Role
Peer reviewedBerry, Linda; Brown, Marilyn A. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1995
In many evaluations, presenting probability distributions of cost-effectiveness results offers a convenient way to show the likelihood of various conclusions given the uncertainties in the inputs. The techniques presented in this paper should be useful for many programs characterized by controversy over perspectives, assumptions, and dollar…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Energy Conservation, Evaluation Methods, Probability
Peer reviewedZarkin, Gary A.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1994
A framework is described for economic evaluation of substance abuse interventions, describing addiction and treatment dynamics and highlighting therapeutic and economic endpoints. Cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analyses are discussed. In conjunction with a decision-tree model, economic evaluation is presented as a tool for informed resource…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economic Factors, Evaluation Methods, Intervention
Peer reviewedNewman, 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
Peer reviewedThornton, Patricia H.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1990
The research findings and methodology used to evaluate the relative cost effectiveness of 2 systems of acute psychiatric care are described for 2 cohorts of 195 and 595 clients. The systems involve sole use of a general hospital and use of a general hospital together with a psychiatric health facility. (TJH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedRogers, E. Sally; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1995
A methodology was developed for conducting a benefit-cost analysis of an innovative supported employment intervention for the psychiatrically disabled. Results indicated that the program, which targeted 19 participants, approached cost efficiency of almost .90 of benefits to costs. The value of the methodology for program evaluation is discussed.…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedFox, Alan; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1996
A model of evaluation is presented that allows direct service agencies in mental health and substance abuse areas to evaluate their programs cost effectively and appropriately. The approach emphasizes research partnerships as potentially valuable ways for self-help group members to explore their own practices through communication and critical…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Concept Formation, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods
