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Cost-Effectiveness in the Nonprofit Sector: Methods and Examples from Leading Organizations

by Gerald L. Schmaedick

Pages: 188

Contributors: Gerald L. Schmaedick

Publisher: Quorum Books

Place of Publication: Westport, CT

Publication Year: 1993

Subjects: Nonprofit Organizations--Finance--Congresses,Nonprofit Organizations--Cost Effectiveness--Congresses,Medical Care, Cost Of--Congresses,Health Facilities--Finance--Congresses,Technical Assistance--Congresses

Table of Contents

Title Page

Contents

Tables and Figures

Preface

Acknowledgments

A Few Words about TechnoServe

1: Introduction: Do Nonprofit Organizations Need Cost-Effectiveness Analysis?

INTRODUCTION

REFERENCES

2: Cost-Effectiveness and the Arts Anne B. Evans, National Gallery of Art

INTRODUCTION

NOTE

INTRODUCTION

3: Cost-Effectiveness in Youth Services: Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy

NOTES

REFERENCES

4: Foundations of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis for Health and Medical Practices

REFERENCES

5: Cost-Effectiveness Methodologies for University Decisions Fred Balderston, University of California, Berkeley

REFFERENCES

6: The Cycle of Cost-Effectiveness: The Nature Conservancy

NOTE

7: Measuring Our Impact: Determining Cost-Effectiveness of Non-Governmental Organization Development Projects

7 Measuring Our Impact: Determining Cost-Effectiveness of Non-Governmental Organization Development Projects

REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION

8: Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Housing and Human Service Providers

APPENDIX C: Cost-Effectiveness Results for Turning Point

NOTES

9: Improving Management Decisions in Primary Health Care: Relating Costs to Improvements in Coverage

INTRODUCTION: COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS IN HEALTH CARE

NOTES

10: The Case Against Measuring Cost-Effectiveness" in Nonprofits: Are We Barking Up the Wrong Tree?"

APPENDIX A: Nonprofits' Deadly Sins

APPENDIX B: Grantmakers' Deadly Sins

Index

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