This report provides unit costs estimates for a range of health and social care services and staff. It comprises five sections. Section 1 estimates the costs of services for older people, people with mental health problems, people who misuse drugs or alcohol, people with learning disabilities, adults with physical disabilities, children and their families, hospital and related services and care package. Sections 2, 3 and 4 provides cost estimates for community-based health and social care staff and hospital-based staff. These include: allied health professionals, nurses, general practitioners, social workers, home care staff, scientific and professional staff and specialist doctors. Section V details the sources of information used. The report also includes four discussion and research papers, examining some of the implications of the 2014 Care Act, the development of a new survey tool to gather self-reported data about respondents’ care needs, use of formal care, and their use and provision of informal care, the costs of vision rehabilitation services in England, and resource-use questionnaires used in trial-based economic evaluations.
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This report provides unit costs estimates for a range of health and social care services and staff. It comprises five sections. Section 1 estimates the costs of services for older people, people with mental health problems, people who misuse drugs or alcohol, people with learning disabilities, adults with physical disabilities, children and their families, hospital and related services and care package. Sections 2, 3 and 4 provides cost estimates for community-based health and social care staff and hospital-based staff. These include: allied health professionals, nurses, general practitioners, social workers, home care staff, scientific and professional staff and specialist doctors. Section V details the sources of information used. The report also includes four discussion and research papers, examining some of the implications of the 2014 Care Act, the development of a new survey tool to gather self-reported data about respondents’ care needs, use of formal care, and their use and provision of informal care, the costs of vision rehabilitation services in England, and resource-use questionnaires used in trial-based economic evaluations.
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Subject terms:
costs, wages, community care, social care staff, social workers, health professionals, nurses, general practitioners, hospitals, doctors, care homes, childrens social care, older people, mental health services, learning disabilities, residential care, extra care housing, dementia, substance misuse, disabilities, looked after children, autism, palliative care, end of life care;