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Peer reviewedBirdsall, William C. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1987
It is difficult to apply benefit cost analysis to human service programs. This paper explains "threshold benefit analysis," the derivation of the minimum dollar value which the benefits must attain in order for their value to equal the intervention costs. The method is applied to a mobility training program. (BS)
Descriptors: Adults, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Developmental Disabilities
