Methodological issues in economic evaluation of early intervention programs |
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| Institution: | 1. National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Aswan Research Station, Egypt;2. Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt;1. Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia;2. Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of Environment (CRC CARE), eUniversity of Newcastle, Callagham, NSW 2308, Australia;3. South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Gilles Plains, SA 5086, Australia;1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States;2. Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States;3. Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center, Charleston, SC, United States;1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, 110870, China;2. Experimental Teaching Center, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, 110034, China;3. College of Physics Science and Technology, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, 110034, China;4. Department of Basic Teaching, Shenyang Institute of Science and Technology, Shenyang, 110167, China;5. School of Electric Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang 110870, China |
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| Abstract: | The application of various techniques of economic evaluation to early intervention has attracted considerable attention from policy makers, practitioners, and researchers interested in programs that seek to improve the development of infant and young children. Economic evaluation has made some outstanding contributions to our knowledge of early intervention. However, there is also some confusion regarding the goals, limitations, and methods of economic evaluation, resulting in errors in the conduct and interpretation of economic studies. This paper seeks to reduce this confusion by providing an overview of economic evaluation and reviewing three of the best-known examples. It is hoped that researchers will use the information presented here to improve economic evaluations through review and criticism and to design research on early intervention practice and efficacy that will improve the basic data on which economic evaluations rely. |
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