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YEAR: 1974

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Real costs of delivering family planning services. Implications for

management.

AUTHORS

Reardon MJ; Deeds SG; Dresner NA; Diksa JM; Robinson WC

SOURCE

American Journal of Public Health 64(9): 860-868. September 1974.

ABSTRACT

Appropriate allocation of funds and the maintenance of financial and performance accountability are 1 of the

principal problems facing the rapidly expanding social and health services. The National Center for Family Planning

Services (NCFPS), Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is the largest funder of family planning services for

those in need. NCFPS contracted the Westinghouse Population Center (WPC) to undertake a study of a sample of

its grantees in order to investigate systematically the field of cost reporting and to gather current cost information.

The basic element of the study was a comprehensive descriptive model which included every possible family

planning program function of activity and its direct costs. The overall model on which the study was based

describes the process by which resources are combined to accomplish certain functions. The types and

relationships of program costs within a standard time frame were to be identified. The initial date for the provision of

family planning services or programs ranges from 1935 to 1970. The total cost for the average program is about

$314,000. The organizational emphasis as measured by the internal cost structure, has significant differences

between the emphasis of Planned Parenthood and of the health department. The study tested every pair of variables

for linear correlation. There are strong trends for the number of new patients to increase with both the total cost and

the number of clinic sessions per month. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT7T 3509-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Real costs of delivering family planning services.

Implications for management.", is(are) Reardon MJ; Deeds SG; Dresner NA; Diksa JM; Robinson WC. The source

of this article is "American Journal of Public Health 64(9): 860-868. September 1974.". This article was published in

1974 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT7T 3509-06. All rights reserved with

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