Unit Costs of Health and Social Care
2002
Compiled by Ann Netten and Lesley Curtis
Please note this is not the latest
volume in this series: you can find that here.
The aim of the series is to improve unit cost estimates
over time, drawing on material as it becomes available,
including ongoing and specially commissioned research.
It brings together information from a variety of sources
to estimate national unit costs for a wide range of
health and social care services.
The costs reported always reflect, to a greater or
lesser degree, work in progress, as the intention is
to refine and improve estimates wherever possible, drawing
on a wide variety of sources.The report consists of
sets of ‘schemata’ or tables, which as well
as providing the most detailed and comprehensive information
possible, also quote sources and assumptions so users
can adapt the information for their own purposes. Also
included are: an editorial discussing current and new
developments; brief articles providing background to
user services, descriptions of cost methodology or use
of cost estimates; price indices; a reference list of
key studies; a glossary; and indexes.
New in this edition
In this volume a new section on services for disabled
people includes rehabilitation and independent living
services as well as high dependency residential services.
A new schema is included for nurse-led rehabilitation
wards. Other new costs information covers the patient
costs of visiting GPs, and social services child care
drawing on the Children in Need data collection.
There are five brief articles: a description of a study
which is examining the cost implications of a nurse
practitioner service for care home residents; details
of service levels and costs of inpatient care as a source
of support for young people with psychiatric disorders
and their families; information about a new annual return
on personal social services expenditure and unit costs;
information about a new source of data on mental health
services in England; and an article on the development
of Health Accounts, a way of organising health information
to permit improved analyses of the efficiency and effectiveness
of health services, and enable international comparisons.
ŠUniversity of Kent at Canterbury, 2002
Availability
We no longer have printed copies of the 2002 report.
If you would a printed copy of the 2003 report (price
24 UK pounds including post and packing), please contact
the PSSRU
librarian in Canterbury (phone +44(0)1227 827773)
or download an order
form in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
The complete
report (2.7 Mb) is available in PDF format,
or you can look
at the Foreword and an abbreviated contents page,
where you will also find links to PDF versions of individual
sections.
This work was undertaken by the PSSRU, which receives
support from the Department of Health. The views expressed
in this publication are those of the authors and not
necessarily those of the Department of Health.
ISSN 1368-230X
ISBN 1-902671-33-3
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