Cost Analysis of a Randomized Trial of Getting to Outcomes Implementation Support of CHOICE in Boys and Girls Clubs in Southern California.

ABSTRACT: Costs of supporting prevention program implementation are not well known. This study estimates the societal costs of implementing CHOICE, a voluntary after-school alcohol and other drug prevention program for adolescents, in Boys and Girls Clubs (BGCs) across Southern California with and without an implementation support system called Getting To Outcomes© (GTO). This article uses micro-costing methods to estimate the cost of the CHOICE program and GTO support. Labor and expense data were obtained from logs kept by the BGC staff and by the GTO technical assistance (TA) staff, and staff time was valued based on Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates. From the societal perspective, the cost of implementing CHOICE at BGCs over the 2-year study period was $27 per attendee when CHOICE was offered

SUBMITTER: Herman PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6993980 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature