Title page
Contents
Cost Analysis: A Starter Kit 4
Quick Start Checklist 5
Introduction 7
Phase 1: Identify program ingredients 13
Step 1: Clarify the program model 14
Step 2: Choose the perspective(s) 18
Step 3: Describe, in quantity and quality, the program's key ingredients 23
Phase 2: Price the ingredients 30
Step 4: Identify or estimate a price for each ingredient 31
Step 5: Adjust costs for your context 40
Phase 3: Create & use the cost estimate 42
Step 6: Calculate costs 43
Step 7: Conduct sensitivity analysis 47
Step 8: Determine whether to use the results for further economic evaluation 49
Appendix A: Logic Model Template 53
Appendix B: Master List of Additional Resources 54
Appendix C: Credits 56
Appendix D: Interviewees in Developing This Starter Toolkit 57
Table 1. Steps in a Cost Analysis 10
Table 2. Building Blocks of a Cost Analysis: An Example 11
Table 3. Building Blocks of a Cost Analysis: Phase 1 13
Table 4. A Logic Model for Summing Up 16
Table 5. Incremental Costs of a Fictitious Reading Program 19
Table 6. Key Ingredients to Implement Summing Up 28
Table 7. Building Blocks of a Cost Analysis: Phase 2 30
Table 8. Adding Real Prices to Summing Up 36
Table 9. Building Blocks of a Cost Analysis: Phase 3 42
Table 10. Calculating Total Costs and Incremental Costs for Summing Up 44
Table 11. Summing Up's cost totaled by payer 45
Table 12. Comparison of economic evaluation methods 51
Figure 1. Key Components of a Logic Modelimage 14