title: Cost-inclusive evaluation: a banquet of approaches for including costs, benefits, and cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analyses in your next evaluation.
abstract: An introduction to the special issue on cost-inclusive evaluation, providing a brief history of the use of costs, benefits, cost-effectiveness, and cost-benefit analyses in the evaluation of human services. Two tables present brief glossaries of terms and analyses common in cost-inclusive program evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016-8062, USA. byates@american.edu
authors.forename: Brian T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Yates
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D011787:Quality of Health Care