Cost-effectiveness of supported employment.
Monetary costs and benefits of supported employment to individuals, taxpayers, and society were assessed as was the cost-effectiveness of the nonmonetary benefit, namely, quality of life of employees, as a result of supported employment. Participants were 20 individuals from two Central Illinois agencies serving clients with developmental disabilities. Costs and effects were evaluated using benefit-cost and cost-effectiveness analyses. Supported employment was found to be cost-beneficial from the perspectives of the supported employee, the taxpayer, and society over a 5-year period as programs move from sheltered employment. In addition, supported employment was also more cost-effective with regard to quality of life than was sheltered employment.
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University of Delaware, Department of Educational Studies, Newark 19716.
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D000328:Adult; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D016832:Employment, Supported / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000191:economics / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011788:Quality of Life; D012759:Sheltered Workshops / Q000191:economics