Social return on investment: outcomes, methods, and economic parameters

Fischer S, Stanak M
Record ID 32018000197
English
Authors' objectives: The main aim of this report was to give an overview of "social impact measurement" in the field of child and adolescence health. We focused on Social Return on Investment (SROI) analyses, and cost-benefit analyses as well. The inclusion criteria for searching and including studies were kept relatively broad, the focus was on interventions for children and adolescent aged 0-18 years. In the end, 18 studies on 15 programmes were included. For eight programmes, cost-benefit analyses (CBA) were identified and for six programmes SROIs were conducted. For one intervention both a CBA and an SROI were calculated.
Authors' recommendations: Across all studies, a positive return on investment of 1.19 to 23.5 in average was calculated. In one study (vaccination of hepatitis B) however, the return was 0.91 after 20 years, but after 68 years, it was 2.47 (the average return was 1.69). Overall, the identified studies showed a high variation in the applied methods and results. In addition, the evaluated interventions were very inconsistent. Furthermore, the results of the studies highly depended on the respective methodological approach.
Details
Project Status: Completed
URL for project: https://hta.lbg.ac.at/page/social-return-on-investment-in-der-kinder-und-jugendgesundheit-outcomes-methoden-und-oekonomische-parameter/en
Year Published: 2017
URL for published report: http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at/1142/1/HTA-Projektbericht_Nr.96.pdf
URL for additional information: http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at/1142/
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: Austria
MeSH Terms
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Humans
  • Investments
Contact
Organisation Name: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Health Technology Assessment
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