caa a22 4500 445320621 CHVBK 20180317142702.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10488-010-0318-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10488-010-0318-8 A Strategy for Assessing Costs of Implementing New Practices in the Child Welfare System: Adapting the English Cost Calculator in the United States [Elektronische Daten] [Patricia Chamberlain, Lonnie Snowden, Courtenay Padgett, Lisa Saldana, Jennifer Roles, Lisa Holmes, Harriet Ward, Jean Soper, John Reid, John Landsverk] In decisions to adopt and implement new practices or innovations in child welfare, costs are often a bottom-line consideration. The cost calculator, a method developed in England that can be used to calculate unit costs of core case work activities and associated administrative costs, is described as a potentially helpful tool for assisting child welfare administrators to evaluate the costs of current practices relative to their outcomes and could impact decisions about whether to implement new practices. The process by which the cost calculator is being adapted for use in US child welfare systems in two states is described and an illustration of using the method to compare two intervention approaches is provided. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Cost calculator in child welfare nationallicence Unit costs of children's services nationallicence Placement costs nationallicence Chamberlain Patricia Center for Research to Practice, Eugene, OR, USA aut Snowden Lonnie Division of Health Policy and Management School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA aut Padgett Courtenay Center for Research to Practice, Eugene, OR, USA aut Saldana Lisa Center for Research to Practice, Eugene, OR, USA aut Roles Jennifer Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA aut Holmes Lisa Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK aut Ward Harriet Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK aut Soper Jean Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK aut Reid John Center for Research to Practice, Eugene, OR, USA aut Landsverk John Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA aut Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 38/1(2011-01-01), 24-31 0894-587X 38:1<24 2011 38 10488 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-010-0318-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-010-0318-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chamberlain Patricia Center for Research to Practice, Eugene, OR, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Snowden Lonnie Division of Health Policy and Management School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Padgett Courtenay Center for Research to Practice, Eugene, OR, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Saldana Lisa Center for Research to Practice, Eugene, OR, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Roles Jennifer Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Holmes Lisa Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ward Harriet Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Soper Jean Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Reid John Center for Research to Practice, Eugene, OR, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Landsverk John Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 38/1(2011-01-01), 24-31 0894-587X 38:1<24 2011 38 10488 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer