Evaluability Assessment and Its Use in Health Service Evaluation

Tamara M. Walser () and Michael S. Trevisan ()
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Tamara M. Walser: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Michael S. Trevisan: Washington State University

A chapter in Handbook of Health Services Evaluation, 2025, pp 175-190 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter describes the evolution and expanded uses of evaluability assessment (EA) from its 1970s beginnings as a pre-evaluation activity for determining if a program is ready for productive outcome evaluation to its flexible use across a variety of health service contexts. Current uses include, for example, formative evaluation, evaluation capacity building, and maximizing limited evaluation resources. The authors outline EA as a threefold check on program plausibility, program reality, and professional evaluation standards and provide examples from a brief review of recent EA publications in health services. They end with related recommendations for unlocking the potential of EA to improve health service evaluation and programs.

Keywords: Evaluability assessment; Program theory; Exploratory evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-87869-5_10

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