Cost-inclusive evaluation: A banquet of approaches for including costs, benefits, and cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analyses in your next evaluation

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-54

  Yates, Brian T ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Cost benefit analysis; Cost effectiveness analysis; Cost inclusive evaluation; Cost procedure process outcome analysis; History

Indexed keywords

COST; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; PLANNING HISTORY; TERMINOLOGY; VALUATION;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 58149203380     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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