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Considerations in applying benefit-cost analysis : to preventive interventions for children, youth, and families : workshop summary

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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.
Publication
  • Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2014]
  • ©2014

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  • Olson, Steve, 1956-
  • Bogard, Kimber
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Children, Youth, and Families, issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb
  • Institute of Medicine (U.S.), sponsoring body.
Description
x, 72 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"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
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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-65).
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available via the World Wide Web.
ISBN
  • 030930105X
  • 9780309301053
OCLC
  • ocn877851713
  • 877851713
  • SCSB-5742757
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Columbia University Libraries