Economic evaluation methods in social care: A scoping review

Helen Louise Ann Weatherly; Rita Faria; Bernard Van den Berg; Mark Sculpher; Peter O'Neill; Kay Nolan; J.M. Glanville; Jaana Isojarvi; Erin Baragula; Mary Edwards

doi:10.22024/UniKent/01.02.84818

Economic evaluation methods in social care: A scoping review

Helen Louise Ann Weatherly, Rita Faria, Bernard Van den Berg, Mark Sculpher, Peter O'Neill, Kay Nolan, J.M. Glanville, Jaana Isojarvi, Erin Baragula, Mary Edwards

Centre for Health Economics

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Abstract

The purpose of economic evaluation is to inform decisions as to the relative value of different courses of action, in a systematic, transparent way. Cost-effectiveness analysis involves assessing the costs and effects of two or more competing, alternative interventions against other uses if the same resources were used elsewhere. Applied to the social care context, a commissioner with a constrained budget might use this information to consider whether to invest public funds in a new intervention, programme or service or whether standard care represents the optimal choice of provision.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2020
Place of Publication	University of Kent at Canterbury
Publisher	Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent at Canterbury
Pages	18-26
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-911353-12-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/01.02.84818
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Weatherly, H. L. A., Faria, R., Van den Berg, B., Sculpher, M., O'Neill, P., Nolan, K., Glanville, J. M., Isojarvi, J., Baragula, E., & Edwards, M. (2020). Economic evaluation methods in social care: A scoping review. In Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2020 (pp. 18-26). Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent at Canterbury. https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/01.02.84818

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Economic evaluation methods in social care: A scoping review. / Weatherly, Helen Louise Ann ; Faria, Rita; Van den Berg, Bernard et al.
Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2020. University of Kent at Canterbury: Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent at Canterbury, 2020. p. 18-26.

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