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Editor(s): LEECE Janet; BORNAT Joanna; (eds.);
Title: Developments in direct payments
Publication Date: 2006
Format: book;
Topics: access to services; carers; children; direct payments; evaluation; learning disabilities; mental health problems; older people; physical disabilities; service uptake; service users; research; United Kingdom; care professionals;
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Abstract: This book charts the change, critically evaluating progress, take-up, inclusion and access to direct payments by different user groups. With contributions from campaigners, academics, practitioners, direct payment users and personal assistants, the book: provides an overview of the history of direct payments; presents findings from key research into direct payments and disabled people, older people, carers, people with mental health problems, people with learning difficulties and disabled children; discusses the implementation and development of direct payments provision; compares developments in the UK with those in North America.
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Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
A systematic review provides a comprehensive survey of a topic in which all of the primary studies of the highest level of evidence have been systematically identified, appraised and then summarised according to an explicit and reproducible methodology. A meta-analysis surveys studies which are similar enough statistically to combine the results together for analysis, as if it is one study. These reviews are important because they generally provide a better guide to practice than an individual study.
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