Cost-benefit study of school nursing services.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In recent years, across the United States, many school districts have cut on-site delivery of health services by eliminating or reducing services provided by qualified school nurses. Providing cost-benefit information will help policy makers and decision makers better understand the value of school nursing services.

Objective

To conduct a case study of the Massachusetts Essential School Health Services (ESHS) program to demonstrate the cost-benefit of school health services delivered by full-time registered nurses.

Design, setting, and participants

Standard cost-benefit analysis methods were used to estimate the costs and benefits of the ESHS program compared with a scenario involving no school nursing service. Data from the ESHS program report and other pu

SUBMITTER: Wang LY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9255385 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature