A strategy for assessing costs of implementing new practices in the child welfare system: Adapting the english cost calculator in the united states

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-31

  Chamberlain, Patricia ^a,b   Snowden, Lonnie R ^c   Padgett, Courtenay ^a,b   Saldana, Lisa ^a,b   Roles, Jennifer ^d   Holmes, Lisa ^e   Ward, Harriet ^e   Soper, Jean ^e   Reid, John ^a,b   Landsverk, John ^d  

^a Center for Research to Practice   (United States)

^b OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost calculator in child welfare; Placement costs; Unit costs of children's services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OREGON;

EID: 79251615534     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: 15733289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-010-0318-8     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Aarons, G., Hurlburt, M., & Horwitz, S. M. (2010). Advancing a conceptual model of evidence-based practice implementation in public service sectors. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research (in press).
2. WS Barnett 1993 Economic evaluation of home visiting programs The Future of Children 3 95 10.2307/1602544
3. RP Barth M Reid-Johnson 2000 Outcomes after child welfare services: Implications for the design of performance measures Children and Youth Services Review 22 763 787 10.1016/S0190-7409(00)00113-4
4. Beecham, J. (2000). Unit costs - not exactly child's play. A guide to estimating unit costs for children's social care. University of Kent: Joint publication from the Department of Health, Dartington Social Research Unit and the Personal Social Services Research Unit.
5. Chamberlain, P. (2003). The Oregon multidimensional treatment foster care model: Features, outcomes, and progress in dissemination. In S. Schoenwald & S. Henggeler (Series Eds.) Moving evidence-based treatments from the laboratory into clinical practice. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 10(4), 303-312.
6. P Chamberlain J Price L Leve H Laurent J Landsverk J Reid 2008 Prevention of behavior problems for children in foster care: Outcomes and mediation effects Prevention Science 9 1 17 27 10.1007/s11121-007-0080-7 18185995
7. Compton, W. M. (2006, May). Enhancing drug abuse prevention through type 1 and 2 translation research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Prevention Research, San Antonio, TX.
8. ME Courtney 1995 Reentry to foster care of children returned to their families Social Service Review 69 226 241 10.1086/604115
9. ME Courtney 1998 The costs of child protection in the context of welfare reform The Future of Children 8 88 103 1:STN:280:DyaK1czktVKmsQ%3D%3D 10.2307/1602630 9676002
10. Curtis, L., & Netten, A. (2005). Unit costs of health and social care 2005. University of Kent, Canterbury: Personal Social Services Research Unit.
11. Department of Health. (2003). Direct payments guidance. Community care, services for carers and children's services (direct payments) guidance England. London: Department of Health.
12. TJ Dishion J McCord F Poulin 1999 When interventions harm: Peer groups and problem behavior American Psychologist 54 755 764 1:STN:280: DyaK1MvktVelsg%3D%3D 10.1037/0003-066X.54.9.755 10510665
13. Drummond, M. F., Stoddard, G. I., & Torrance, G. W. (1987). Methods for economic evaluation of health care programs. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
14. Fanshel, D., Finch, S. J., & Grundy, J. F. (1990). Foster children in a life course perspective. New York: Columbia University Press.
15. E Farmer 1996 Family reunification with high-risk children: Lessons from research Children and Youth Services Review 18 403 424 10.1016/0190-7409(96) 00012-6
16. PA Fisher HK Kim KC Pears 2009 Effects of multidimensional treatment foster care for preschoolers (MTFC-P) on reducing permanent placement failures among children with placement instability Child and Youth Services Review 31 541 546 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.10.012
17. E Foster E Holden 2002 Benefit-cost analysis of the child welfare demonstration projects: Understanding the resource implications of the IV-E waivers Children and Youth Services Review 24 431 453 10.1016/S0190-7409(02) 00195-0
18. K Hoagwood BJ Burns L Kiser H Ringeisen SK Schoenwald 2001 Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health services Psychiatric Services 52 1179 1189 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3MvptFaktg%3D%3D 10.1176/appi.ps.52.9.1179 11533391 (Pubitemid 32823189)
19. Holmes, L., Westlake, D., & Ward, H. (2008) Calculating and comparing the costs of multidimensional treatment foster care, England (MTFCE): Report to the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Loughborough: Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University.
20. S Jackson N Thomas 1999 Children on the move: Stability and continuity for looked after children Childright 158 9 10
21. R Newton A Litrownik J Landsverk 2000 Children and youth in foster care: Distangling the relationship between problem behaviors and number of placements Child Abuse and Neglect 24 1363 1374 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3Mzgs1Shuw%3D%3D 10.1016/S0145-2134(00)00189-7 11075702 (Pubitemid 30662441)
22. JM Price P Chamberlain J Landsverk J Reid L Leve H Laurent 2008 Effects of a foster parent training intervention on placement changes of children in foster care Child Maltreatment 13 64 75 10.1177/1077559507310612 18174349
23. DM Rubin EA Alessandrini C Feudtner DS Mandell AR Localio T Hadley 2004 Placement changes and emergency department visits in the first year of foster care Pediatrics 114 1354 1360 10.1542/peds.2003-0594-F (Pubitemid 41529502)
24. DM Rubin EA Alessandrini C Feudtner DS Mandell AR Localio T Hadley 2004 Placement stability and mental health costs for children in foster care Pediatrics 113 1136 1341 10.1542/peds.113.5.1336 (Pubitemid 38580700)
25. DK Smith 2004 Risk, reinforcement, retention in treatment and reoffending for boys and girls in multidimensional treatment foster care Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 12 38 48 10.1177/10634266040120010501
26. BA van der Kolk 1987 The drug treatment of PTSD Journal of Affective Disorders 13 203 213 10.1016/0165-0327(87)90024-3 2960712 (Pubitemid 17156188)
27. H Ward 2009 Patterns of instability: Moves within the English care system: Their reasons, contexts and consequences Children and Youth Services Review 31 1113 1118 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.07.009
28. H Ward L Holmes 2008 Calculating the costs of local authority care for children with contrasting needs Child and Family Social Work 13 1 80 90
29. Ward, H., Holmes, L., & Soper, J. (2008). Costs and consequences of placing children in care. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
30. K Wells S Guo 1999 Reunification and reentry of foster children Children and Youth Services Review 21 4 273 294 10.1016/S0190-7409(99)00021-3