Benefit-cost analysis of a token economy program.

Foreyt, John P.; Rockwood, Charles E.; Davis, Julian C.; Desvousges, William H.; Hollingsworth, Richard

doi:10.1037/h0076605

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“…For example, the expense (cost) of token economies has been examined in different ways. Operating costs, cost-effectiveness, and cost-benefit analyses have shown that major benefits accrue from adopting token economies in relation to existing alternatives such as routine psychiatric care or detention centers for juvenile offenders (e.g., Foreyt, Rockwood, Davis, Desvousges, & Hollingsworth, 1975;Kirigin et al, 1979;Paul & Lentz, 1977).…”

Section: Dissemination Of the Token Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Token Economy: A Decade Later

Kazdin¹

1982

J of App Behav Analysis

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In the last decade, the token economy has been extended widely across populations and behaviors in treatment, rehabilitation, educational, and community settings. Outcome research has expanded as well to include large-scale program evaluations and comparative and combined treatment studies of the token economy. In a previous review (Kazdin & Bootzin, 1972), several obstacles were identified for the effective application of the token economy. These included identifying procedures to enhance program efficacy, to train staff, to overcome client resistance, and to promote long-term maintenance and transfer of training. The present paper discusses recent advances in research and reviews progress on the major issues identified previously. New issues have become salient in the last decade that pertain to the extension of the token economy to institutional settings. The demands for maintaining the integrity of treatment, the ability to integrate token economies within existing institutional constraints, and the disseminability of the procedures on a large scale are major issues that may dictate the future of the token economy.

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Section: Dissemination Of the Token Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Token Economy: A Decade Later

Kazdin¹

1982

J of App Behav Analysis

212

112

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“…The cost-benefit ratio was determined by a Present Value analysis (Foreyt, et al, 1975). Thus for each dollar spent on the behavioral treatment program (in addition to the cost of providing custodial care), the Present Value analysis calculates the ~ount which would need to be invested at the present time, in order to provide care for those patients had there been no treatment program.…”

Section: Program Costs and Feasibility With The Elderlymentioning

confidence: 99%