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Session Title: Learning From Impacts and Cost Data
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Multipaper Session 527 to be held in Wekiwa 6 on Friday, Nov 13, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
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Sponsored by the Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics TIG
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| Chair(s): |
| Nadini Persaud,
University of West Indies, nadini.persaud@cavehill.uwi.edu
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An Innovative Tool for Collecting Personnel Costs for Use in Economic Evaluations
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| Justin Ingels, University of Georgia, ingels@uga.edu
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| Phaedra Corso, University of Georgia, pcorso@uga.edu
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| Abstract:
The objectives of this research are to conduct a prospective economic evaluation, both benefit-cost analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis, for a known efficacious program to prevent substance use among rural AA youth - the Strong African American Families-Teen program. As a first step in this research, we have developed an innovative electronic form for collecting personnel costs alongside the implementation of the randomized control trial. Using this tool, we found that the personnel costs for the treatment arm were 4 - 31% higher compared to the control arm, depending upon personnel category under consideration. The prospective nature of our data collection allows for improvements in data quality and accuracy. Further, one is able to clearly delineate those costs that are research-specific versus programmatic. It is our hope that this tool and approach will be adopted by other economic evaluation researchers in the field collecting programmatic costs.
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