Considerations in applying benefit-cost analysis : to preventive interventions for children, youth, and families : workshop summary / / Steve Olson and Kimber Bogard, rapporteurs ; Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819150603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 0-309-30108-4; 0-309-30106-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (83 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.82
• Soggetti: Family services - United States - Cost effectiveness; Family services - United States - Evaluation; Cost effectiveness - Methodology
• 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.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction and themes of the workshop -- Benefit-cost analyses : examples from the field -- Assessing the costs and benefits of interventions -- Issues to consider in benefit-cost analysis -- Translating results to inform policy and practice.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Benefit-cost analyses hold great promise for influencing policies related to children, youth, and families. By comparing the costs of preventive interventions with the long-term benefits of those interventions, benefit-cost analysis provides a tool for determining what kinds of investments have the greatest potential to reduce the physical, mental, and behavioral health problems of young people. More generally, the growth of benefit-cost analysis as a field of research and practice represents an exciting and promising trend in the development and implementation of public policies. [...] This report discusses a wide range of issues about benefit-cost analysis, including the level of research rigor that should be met before results from an ; evaluation are used to estimate or predict outcomes in a cost-benefit analysis; best practices and methodologies for costing prevention interventions; prevention outcomes that currently lend themselves to monetization; processes and methodologies that should be used when linking prevention outcomes to avoided costs or increased revenues; and best methods for handling risk and uncertainty in estimates."--Publisher's description