Economic evaluation (economic appraisal)
The comparison of alternative courses of action in terms of their costs and consequences, with a view to making a choice.
Magenta Book (2011) – http://gov.uk/government/publications/the-magenta-book
The comparison of alternative courses of action in terms of their costs and consequences, with a view to making a choice.
Magenta Book (2011) – http://gov.uk/government/publications/the-magenta-book
The extent to which programmes achieve their objectives, in real-life settings.
The effect of an intervention under ideal conditions, with participants fully complying with the programme.
Maximising the benefit to any resource expenditure (funds, expertise, time, etc), or minimising the cost of any achieved benefit.
“The extent to which an activity or a programme can be evaluated in a reliable and credible fashion”
WHO (2013) Evaluation Practice Handbook
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“Early review of a proposed activity in order to ascertain whether its objectives are adequately defined and its results verifiable”
WHO (2013) Evaluation Practice Handbook
apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/96311/1/9789241548687_eng.pdf
“measure/judge current service without reference to a standard, “What standard does this service achieve?”
http://www.hra.nhs.uk/documents/2013/09/defining-research.pdf
“A study in which research procedures are used in a systematic way to judge the quality or value of a service or intervention, providing evidence that can be used to improve it”
West of England Evaluation Strategy Group, 2013
A research design in which the researcher has control over the selection of the participants in the study, and these participants ae randomly assigned to treatment or control group
US Environmental Protection Agency (2007) Program Evaluation Glossary
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