Cost-Inclusive Evaluation Planning It, Doing It, Using It Ebook (nilibook.shop)

Cost-Inclusive Evaluation
Planning It, Doing It, Using ItIs a given treatment, intervention, or program worth it’ How can a program do more or better with less’ Evaluating the costs of a program can be the missing link between a superficial evaluation and one that will get changes made and funding delivered. In accessible language and without complex formulas, this book provides a roadmap for measuring program costs and outcomes and analyzing cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit, and cost-utility. Also explained are simplified ways to use economic appraisal methodologies–such as net present valuation, internal rate of return computation, and payback period determination–in a cost-inclusive evaluation. Instructive examples span a range of human services, education, and health care contexts. Other evaluator- and student-friendly features include helpful graphics, procedure steps, end-of-chapter discussion questions, a list of acronyms, and a glossary of key terms. ISBN: 9781462551248, 1462551246