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Center for Dissemination and Implementation At Stanford (C-DIAS)

Prevention Science & Methodology Group (PSMG) Virtual Grand Rounds

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

12:00 – 1:30 PM CT

Hannah Cheng, MS
Stanford University

Todd Wagner, PhD
Stanford University

Pragmatic and Innovative Approaches to Evaluating Implementation Costs

This presentation highlights practical and innovative approaches to economic evaluations in implementation endeavors. Part I provides an overview of Delivering Implementation Strategies Cost (DISCo), a pragmatic micro-costing tool that separates delivery and participation costs while outlining practical considerations for measuring implementation costs. Part II discusses economic evaluation approaches beyond traditional cost-effectiveness analysis, focusing on underused or novel approaches, such as data envelopment analysis, stochastic frontier analysis, budget impact analysis, and value-focused methods. The presentation equips researchers with a versatile economic toolkit to understand the value of implementation.

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