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Peer reviewedMasland, Mary C.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1996
An overview of the theoretical concepts of capitation, a method of paying a provider a fixed price per person served, is presented in conjunction with practical lessons from the literature documenting capitation efforts in public mental health. An analytic framework identifies five major planning concerns in capitation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Mental Health Programs, Models
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 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 reviewedStegner, Bruce L.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1996
Presents an introduction to current equivalence methodology, a preferred alternative to usual power analyses when one wishes to determine if performances on given outcome measures for different samples are equivalent (could have come from the same population). Examples of the approach are presented. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Mental Health Programs, Performance
Peer reviewedLorenzen, Gary L.; Braskamp, Larry A. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1978
In simulated decision-making situations in a community mental health center, three types of information were studied and rated: political; cost-benefit, and statistical. Only cost-benefit information was rated as significantly influencing administrators' decisions. (MH)
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Health Services, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
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
