Cost-benefit evaluations in primary health care.
Social work programs in primary health care (PHC) agencies have been well patronized and effective, but the expansion of social worker involvement in PHC depends on cost-benefit evaluations that satisfy the financial requirements of those who run PHC--the physicians. This article outlines a model for determining the cost-benefit performance of PHC social work programs.
D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D012947:Social Work