A strategy for assessing costs of implementing new practices in the child welfare system: adapting the English cost calculator in the United States.
Adm Policy Ment Health
; 38(1): 24-31, 2011 Jan.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20976620
In decisions to adopt and implement new practices or innovations in child welfare, costs are often a bottom-line consideration. The cost calculator, a method developed in England that can be used to calculate unit costs of core case work activities and associated administrative costs, is described as a potentially helpful tool for assisting child welfare administrators to evaluate the costs of current practices relative to their outcomes and could impact decisions about whether to implement new practices. The process by which the cost calculator is being adapted for use in US child welfare systems in two states is described and an illustration of using the method to compare two intervention approaches is provided.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Modelos Econométricos
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Cuidados en el Hogar de Adopción
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Implementación de Plan de Salud
Tipo de estudio:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Prognostic_studies
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Sysrev_observational_studies
Aspecto:
Implementation_research
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Adm Policy Ment Health
Asunto de la revista:
PSICOLOGIA
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SAUDE PUBLICA
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos