Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Methods and Applications (1-off Series) - Softcover

Levin, Henry M.; McEwan, Patrick J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761919341 ISBN 13: 9780761919346

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2000

Synopsis

This Second Edition of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis continues to provide the most current, step-by-step guide to planning and implementing a cost analysis study.

Henry M. Levin and Patrick J. McEwan use detailed and varied examples from studies and articles, ranging from education to public health, to introduce the principles and practice of cost-effectiveness analysis. The authors take account of both the costs and the effects of selecting alternatives, and suggest methods of minimizing the costs of research. New to this edition: expanded coverage of cost effectiveness from types of technique to use, to how to interpret the data; the latest information on cost benefits analysis and how to relate it to outcome measures; in-depth chapter-end exercises to enable readers to sharpen their ability to evaluate policy options and program effectiveness; feedback appendix for readers to evaluate their responses to exercises; comprehensive bibliography of methodological sources on cost analysis and educational settings grouped by category.

This thorough volume primes the reader to deal with any evaluation situation by studying cost-effective analysis in relation to cost-benefit analysis, cost-utility analysis, and cost-feasibility analysis.

About this title

About the Authors

Henry M. Levin is the Director of the Center for Benefit Cost Studies in Education, the William H. Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, and the David Jacks Professor of Higher Education and Economics, Emeritus, at Stanford University.  He has been engaged in cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost studies in education and other fields since 1970.  He is the author of 22 books and about 300 scholarly articles on these topics as well as others in the economics of education and educational policy.

Patrick J. McEwan is a Professor of Economics at Wellesley College and the Director of Latin American Studies at Wellesley College. His research interests include the impact and cost evaluation of education and social policy in Latin America, especially Chile and Honduras. His work has been published in the American Economic Review, the Journal of Public Economics, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, and other journals of economics and education policy. For more information on his research, visit www.patrickmcewan.net.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0761919341
• ISBN 13: 9780761919346
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 328