Considerations in applying benefit-cost analysis : to preventive interventions for children, youth, and families : workshop summary

Considerations in applying benefit-cost analysis to preventive interventions for children, youth, and families : workshop summary

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"Benefit-cost analyses hold great promise for influencing policies related to children, youth, and families. By comparing the costs of preventive interventions with the long-term benefits of those interventions, benefit-cost analysis provides a tool for determining what kinds of investments hav...

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Autor principal: Considerations in Applying Benefit-Cost Analysis to Preventive Interventions for Children, Youth, and Families (Workshop) (-)
Autores Corporativos: Considerations in Applying Benefit-Cost Analysis to Preventive Interventions for Children, Youth, and Families (Workshop) Corporate Author (corporate author), National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Children, Youth, and Families, issuing body (issuing body), Institute of Medicine (U.S.), sponsoring body (sponsoring body)
Otros Autores: Olson, Steve, 1956- speaker (speaker), Bogard, Kimber, speaker
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press 2014.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Family services > United States > Cost effectiveness > Congresses.
Family services > United States > Evaluation > Congresses.
Cost effectiveness > Methodology > Congresses.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622076306719
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Sumario:"Benefit-cost analyses hold great promise for influencing policies related to children, youth, and families. By comparing the costs of preventive interventions with the long-term benefits of those interventions, benefit-cost analysis provides a tool for determining what kinds of investments have the greatest potential to reduce the physical, mental, and behavioral health problems of young people. More generally, the growth of benefit-cost analysis as a field of research and practice represents an exciting and promising trend in the development and implementation of public policies. [...] This report discusses a wide range of issues about benefit-cost analysis, including the level of research rigor that should be met before results from an evaluation are used to estimate or predict outcomes in a cost-benefit analysis; best practices and methodologies for costing prevention interventions; prevention outcomes that currently lend themselves to monetization; processes and methodologies that should be used when linking prevention outcomes to avoided costs or increased revenues; and best methods for handling risk and uncertainty in estimates."--Publisher's description
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (83 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780309301084
9780309301060

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