Unit Costs of Health and Social Care
2004
Compiled by Lesley Curtis and Ann Netten
Please note this is not the latest
volume in this series: you can find that here.
This is the twelfth volume of a series designed 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
This volume includes a considerable expansion of information
about the costs of child social care services, based
largely on the results of a series of studies commissioned
under the Department of Health's Costs and Effectiveness
of Services for Children in Need research initiative.
Also included is information on the cost-effectiveness
of screening and referral to an alcohol health worker
in alcohol-misusing patients attending an NHS accident
and emergency department. Information about the costs
of a nurse practitioner in primary care is also included
for the first time.
There are five brief articles: description of the methodology
used and resulting unit costs of the adoption process
and of supporting families; a brief article identifying
the processes involved and the costs to social services
of carrying out core assessments for children and their
families; a description of the processes undertaken
by social services and the factors associated with the
variation in costs of child care; description of the
evaluation of the costs and outcomes of Home-Start —
a well-established national and international organisation
offering support to families with young children experiencing
difficulties; and information about a detailed study
of family interventions and the costs of services used
by families requiring support.
Availability
If you would a printed copy of this report (price 27
UK pounds including post and packing), please contact
the PSSRU
librarian in Canterbury (phone +44(0)1227 827773)
or download
an order form in PDF format.
The complete report
(1.20mb) is available in PDF format, with bookmarks
and live table of contents pages to aid navigation,
or you can look at the foreword and an abbreviated contents
page, where you will also find links to PDF versions
of individual sections.
The 2003 and 2002
editions are still available online, although we have
no more printed copies of the 2002 issue.
Copyright
The PSSRU retains the copyright in the Unit Costs series.
They may be freely distributed as pdf files and on paper,
but quotations must be acknowledged and permission for
use of longer excerpts must be obtained in advance.
Please acknowledge Unit Costs of Health and Social
Care as the source when using costs estimates and
information from these reports.
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 1-902-671-39-2
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