Yates Brian T, Taub Jennifer
Department of Psychology, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016-8062, USA.
Psychol Assess. 2003 Dec;15(4):478-95. doi: 10.1037/1040-3590.15.4.478.
To the extent that assessment improves the effectiveness of treatment, prevention, or other services, it can be said to be effective. If an assessment is as effective as alternatives for improving treatment and less costly, it can be said to be cost-effective. If that improvement in the effectiveness of the service is monetary or monetizable, the assessment can be judged beneficial. And, if the sum of monetary and monetizable benefits of assessment exceeds the sum of the costs of treatment, the assessment can be said to be cost-beneficial. An overview of cost-related issues is followed by practical strategies that researchers and administrators can use to measure incremental costs, incremental effectiveness, and incremental benefits of adding psychological assessments to other psychological interventions.
只要评估能提高治疗、预防或其他服务的效果，就可以说它是有效的。如果一种评估在改善治疗方面与其他方法同样有效且成本更低，那么就可以说它具有成本效益。如果服务效果的改善是货币性的或可货币化的，那么该评估可被判定为有益的。而且，如果评估的货币性和可货币化效益之和超过治疗成本之和，那么就可以说该评估具有成本效益。在对与成本相关的问题进行概述之后，将介绍研究人员和管理人员可用于衡量在其他心理干预措施中增加心理评估的增量成本、增量效果和增量效益的实用策略。
