| dc.contributor.author | Joseph, Siny | |
| dc.contributor.author | Namboodiri, Vinod | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-24T03:06:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-10-24T03:06:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-09-04 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Joseph S., Namboodiri V. (2020) Assessment of Economic Value of Assistive Technologies Through Quality-Adjusted Work-Life Years (QAWLY). In: Miesenberger K., Manduchi R., Covarrubias Rodriguez M., Peňáz P. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12377. Springer, Cham | en_US |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-3-030-58804-5 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0302-9743 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58805-2_57 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://soar.wichita.edu/handle/10057/19553 | |
| dc.description | Click on the DOI link to access the article (may not be free). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Assistive technologies (ATs) are commonly used to improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities. While their utility to a person is usually clear, their cost-effectiveness or economic value is often unclear. There are no tools for specifically assessing the cost-effectiveness of an AT. Such cost effectiveness analysis is often important in workplace contexts where an employer or other agencies are responsible for providing accommodations. In this paper a tool called Quality-Adjusted Work-Life Years (QAWLY) is introduced to measure how cost-effectiveness of AT can be assessed including considerations of extended work-life and improved quality/productivity at work. Case studies are presented that showcase how QAWLY can be used to provide economic data points to be used for decision making involving AT. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (#1951864) | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Springer | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Lecture Notes in Computer Science;v.12377 | |
| dc.subject | Assistive technology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Economic value | en_US |
| dc.subject | Work | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of economic value of assistive technologies through quality-adjusted work-life years (qawly) | en_US |
| dc.type | Conference paper | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 | en_US |
