A Conceputal and Empirical Analysis of Cost Analysis

成本分析的概念与实证分析

• 批准号: 6953597
• 负责人: Aaron Philip Beaston-Blaakman
• 金额: $ 7.7万
• 依托单位: FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-30 至 2007-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6953597
• 关键词: alcoholism /alcohol abuse therapy; behavioral /social science research tag; cost effectiveness; drug abuse therapy; health care model; health care service evaluation; health economics; health services research tag; human data; literature survey; mathematical model; model design /development

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Economic analyses are critical to understanding the relationship between resource use, treatment planning, and outcomes of substance abuse treatment. Developing methods to obtain precise cost estimates while balancing limited research funds is one important component for conducting these analyses. As a new investigator to the field completing a "three-paper" dissertation requirement of the PhD in Social Policy at Brandeis University, I am proposing to conduct and expand one of the proposed dissertation studies under this grant application. While the full dissertation involves components pertaining to cost measurement, cost function modeling, and cost-effectiveness analysis, this proposal focuses on the issue of cost measurement. More specifically, this project will involve both a broad conceptual analysis of different costing methodologies as well as an empirical reliability study of a brief, telephone-based, cost analysis instrument (Cost Data Audit Instrument, CDAI) used in the Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS). The CDAI uses an Excel workbook to simultaneously obtain data, report consistency and unit costs, and provide feedback. The conceptual analysis will contain a thorough review of the objectives, administration, and content of various costing methodologies in the field. The empirical analysis will involve collecting substance abuse treatment cost data from 50 substance abuse treatment programs to compare the results of the CDAI to the results of the Drug Abuse Treatment Cost Analysis Program (DATCAP). Differences will be examined in all major component features of the CDAI and the DATCAP on both detail and composite measures of client volume, counseling activities, personnel costs, and non-personnel costs. All facilities will be involved in participating in a program -specific "reconciliation process" to identify from a program perspective, strengths and problems areas in the two instruments, and to resolve differences in the results. Finally, this study will recommend ways for refining cost analyses for the next generation of costing studies.

描述（由申请人提供）： 经济分析对于理解资源使用、治疗计划和药物滥用治疗结果之间的关系至关重要。在平衡有限的研究资金的同时制定获得精确成本估计的方法是进行这些分析的一个重要组成部分。作为一名新的调查员，该领域完成了布兰迪斯大学社会政策博士学位的“三篇论文”论文要求，我建议在此资助申请下进行并扩大一项拟议的论文研究。虽然整个论文涉及的组件有关的成本计量，成本函数建模和成本效益分析，本建议的重点是成本计量的问题。更具体地说，该项目将涉及对不同成本计算方法进行广泛的概念分析，以及对酒精和药物服务研究中使用的基于电话的简要成本分析工具（成本数据审计工具）进行经验可靠性研究。CDAI使用Excel工作簿同时获取数据、报告一致性和单位成本，并提供反馈。概念分析将包括对外地各种成本计算方法的目标、管理和内容的彻底审查。实证分析将涉及从50个药物滥用治疗项目中收集药物滥用治疗成本数据，以将CDAI的结果与药物滥用治疗成本分析项目（DATCAP）的结果进行比较。将研究CDAI和DATCAP在客户量、咨询活动、人事成本和非人事成本的详细和综合衡量指标上的所有主要组成部分特征的差异。所有设施都将参与特定于计划的“协调过程”，以从计划的角度确定两种工具的优势和问题领域，并解决结果中的差异。最后，本研究将为下一代成本计算研究提出改进成本分析的方法。