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Deriving Service Costs for a Clubhouse Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program

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This article (a) discusses “function cost,” a concept to estimate costs where consumers are involved both in delivery and receipt of services; (b) develops a methodology for costing service units for psychosocial rehabilitation clubhouses; and (c) presents a case study of a clubhouse program. Using function cost to estimate the value of member time leads to costs being on average about 10% higher than when using opportunity cost. Because the case-study clubhouse is typical in key dimensions, the methods used here appear generalizable to other programs and should have utility for other rehabilitation-based services for individuals with mental illness.

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  1. Behavioral Health Economics Program at RTI, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

    Alexander J. Cowell & Andrew M. Stewart

  2. George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

    David E. Pollio

  3. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

    Carol S. North & Michelle M. McCabe

  4. Food and Nutrition Program at RTI, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

    Donald W. Anderson

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Cowell, A.J., Pollio, D.E., North, C.S. et al. Deriving Service Costs for a Clubhouse Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program. Adm Policy Ment Health 30, 323–340 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024085200791

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