Cost-Inclusive Evaluation
Planning It, Doing It, Using It
Nadini Persaud and Brian T. Yates
Foreword by Michael Scriven
HardcoverPaperbacke-bookprint + e-book
Hardcover
pre-orderFebruary 15, 2023
ISBN 9781462551255
Price: $110.00 252 Pages
Size: 6⅛" x 9¼"
Paperback
pre-orderFebruary 15, 2023
ISBN 9781462551248
Price: $50.00252 Pages
Size: 6⅛" x 9¼"
Is 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, and acronym and key term glossaries.