A resource for Occupational Therapy
This report outlines the economic evaluation examining the impact of occupational therapy in relation to financial costs of providing a service. The analysis compares the costs of occupational therapy with an alternate (control) intervention to determine whether occupational therapy is more beneficial that the other intervention, what is the difference in cost and how beneficial is occupational therapy in relation to costs, when compared with the control intervention.
An economic evaluation examines the impact of occupational therapy in relation to financial costs of providing a service. The analysis compares the costs of occupational therapy with an alternate (control) intervention to determine:
Is occupational therapy more beneficial than the control intervention to attain desired outcomes, such as increased independence or improved quality of life?
What is the difference in cost between occupational therapy and the control
intervention?
How beneficial is occupational therapy in relation to costs, when compared with the control intervention?
World Federation of Occupational Therapists. Economic Evaluations A
resource for occupational therapy. (2021). Geneva, Switzerland
As resources available to provide occupational therapy can be limited, economic evaluations are helpful to make choices regarding how financial investments are made.
