Cost-Benefit Analysis of Health Service

Grosse, Robert N.

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“…Among the benefits of water pollution abatement are increased quality and/or quantity of water supply (industrial, domestic and municipal), agricultural irrigation, commercial fisheries, navigation, aesthetics and recreation (boating, swimming, sampling, water skiing and sport fishing). The increased quality of water supply would have the important indirect benefit of health effects, making the moral question of how valuable health and life are an inherent and sensitive one to deal with in cost-benefit analysis of water pollution control [6].…”

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System analysis in different social settings

Chen

1984

Systems Research

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A one‐year project was conducted jointly in 1981‐2, between the University of Michigan and Qinghua University, with participation from the Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB), to compare and improve system analysis methodologies and utilization in the different social settings of the United States and China. The research was done in the context of the comprehensive planning for water pollution control of the Huangpu River in Shanghai. Four system analysis methodologies were applied in an interrelated manner to the case study: —water quality modeling —cost minimization of wastewater treatment —cost‐benefit analysis —decision analysis. Attention was also given to both the de jure and the de facto decision processes, especially in regard to knowledge utilization and technology transfer in these processes. The first two methodologies are more physically and instrumentally oriented than the latter two. Therefore the first two were easily adapted to different social settings although their proper use required close cooperation. The third, cost‐benefit analysis, is anchored more upon economic theory. It was more difficult to adapt, especially to a nonmarket economy or a mixed (planned and market) economy, in which many important prices are administered. The fourth, decision analysis, is basically culturally independent. However, the specific techniques for its practical applications requires a style of interpersonal skills and relationships which are predicted on certain Western traditions. The adaption of decision analysis techniques to the Oriental culture remains a great challenge.

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Section: Cost-benefit Analysismentioning

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System analysis in different social settings

Chen

1984

Systems Research

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“…The number of assumptions to be made and the validity of those assumptions varies widely according to (1) the type of evaluation performed, (2) the type and size of the program to be evaluated, and (3) the amount and validity of the available data. The number of assumptions to be made and the validity of those assumptions varies widely according to (1) the type of evaluation performed, (2) the type and size of the program to be evaluated, and (3) the amount and validity of the available data.…”

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Benefit‐Cost Methodology in the Evaluation of Therapeutic Services for Alcoholism

Rundell

Paredes

1979

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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Benefit--cost analysis as a form of "social profitability analysis" can be a powerful tool in the overall evaluation of alcoholism treatment efforts. Alcoholism treatment potentially leads to a multiplicity of benefits in addition to sobriety. Benefit--cost analysis provides a methodology for converting many of these diverse benefits into a common metric (dollars), thereby allowing the comparison of aggregate benefits and treatment costs. The analysis thus leads to the expression of treatment outcome in terms of the return on investment. A benefit--cost analysis conducted on 3034 clients from the Oklahoma data base indicated a return to society of $1.98 for every $1 invested in alcoholism treatment. Such data may represent a critical portion of the information required for responsible resource allocation decisions.

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“…The technique has been applied to problems of water resources, transportation (Haveman et al, 1973), health services (Grosse, 1972), Upward Bound (Garms, 1971;Greenleigh Associates, 1970), uban renewal (Rothenberg, 1967), manpower training programs (Cain, 1968;Sewell, 1971), and other areas (Niskanen et al, 1973). Central to a convincing analysis is a practical requirement for ingenuity in selecting the benefits and operationalizing them into monetary figures.…”

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Evaluation Research

Rossi

Wright

1977

Evaluation Quarterly

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Formal, systematic social scrence research on the effectiveness of public policy has become increasingly resorted to in the last two decades as policy-makers have become increasingly skeptical about the effectiveness of public policy, especially in the social welfare areas A survey of existing research designs and accompanying techniques is presented along with brief assessments of their usefulness for programs of different types. The authors stress particularly the use of field experiments for the assessment ofprospective social policies and programs

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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Health Service

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