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Evaluation Toolkit:
Cost Analysis

1. Cost Analysis Guide [pdf Version] [HTML Version]

This guide was originally written to assist potential grantees in developing a methodology to estimate the costs of their workplace programs.  It presents an overview of key ideas and a list  of more detailed resources.

2. The Cost of Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs): Findings from 7 Case Studies (article reprint) [pdf]
       This published article is referenced in the Cost Analysis Guide and is reprinted with permission.
       Suggested reference: Bray J.W., M.T. French, B.J. Bowland, and L.J. Dunlap.  1996. "The Cost of
       Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs): Findings from Seven Case Studies."  Employee Assistance 
       Quarterly 11(4):1-19.  
       ©1996 by Haworth Press (www.haworthpress.com)
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       Article copies available from The Haworth Document Delivery Service
       Phone: 1-800-HAWORTH
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3. A Methodology for Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Employee Assistance Programs (article reprint) [pdf]
       This published article is referenced in the Cost Analysis Guide and is reprinted with permission
       from the Journal of Drug Issues, Florida State University.
       Suggested reference: French, M.T., G.A. Zarkin, and J.W. Bray. 1995. "A Methodology for
       Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Employee Assistance Programs." Journal of Drug
       Issues 25(2):451-470.

4) The Costs of Screening and Brief Intervention for Risky Alcohol Use (article reprint) [pdf]

       This published article is referenced in the Cost Analysis Guide and is reprinted with permission 
       from the Journal of Studies on Alcohol.
       Suggested reference: Zarkin, G.A., J.W. Bray, K.L. Davis, T.F. Babor, and J.C. Higgins-Biddle.        2003. "The Costs of Screening and Brief Intervention for Risky Alcohol Use." Journal of Studies on
       Alcohol 64(6):849-857.  ©2003 by Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc. Rutgers Center of        Alcohol Studies Piscataway, NJ 08854