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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458760603321

Titolo

Strengthening benefit-cost analysis for early childhood interventions [[electronic resource] ] : workshop summary / / Alexandra Beatty, rapporteur, Committee on Strengthening Benefit-Cost Methodology for the Evaluation of Early Childhood Internetions, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academeis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-45487-0

9786612454875

0-309-14564-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (88 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BeattyAlexandra S

Disciplina

362.196

Soggetti

Developmental disabilities - Prevention - Research - Government policy - United States

Children with disabilities - Services for - United States

Child health services - United States - Evaluation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-67).

Nota di contenuto

""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Evaluation""; ""3 Analyzing Costs""; ""4 Assessing Outcomes""; ""5 A Closer Look at the Problem of Valuation""; ""6 Generalizability of Benefit-Cost Analyses""; ""7 Benefit-Cost Analysis in a Policy Context""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Glossary""; ""Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants""