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Analysing the costs and benefits of social care funding arrangements in England
— technical report | | Author(s) | Julien Forder, José-Luis Fernández |
| Corporate Author | Personal Social Services Research Unit - PSSRU, London School of Economics and Political Science - LSE |
| Publisher | PSSRU, University of Kent, Canterbury, July 2009 |
| Pages | 51 pp (PSSRU Discussion paper, 2644) |
| Source | Download (16/7/09): http://www.pssru.ac.uk/pdf/dp2644.pdf PSSRU, Cornwallis Building, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NF. E-mail: PSSRU@kent.ac.uk |
| Keywords | Services ; Costs [care] ; Cost benefit analysis ; Mathematical models ; England. |
| Annotation | Funding social care services is complex, and is likely to become more difficult in the future. Reports such as the Wanless Social Care Review, 'Securing good care for older people' (KIng's Fund, 2006) and an inquiry by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF, 2006) have argued the case for reform of the current funding system. This report outlines analytical work commissioned by the Department of Health (DH) to feed into the development of a Green Paper on funding adult social care. It describes the dynamic micro-simulation (DMS) model used for analysing long-term funding systems, which bears in mind the rules and features of the benefits and tax system; the model uses the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). The report gives details of potential and actual users of care, their levels of need, and their income and assets. It details the system of support available, the current funding arrangements and the benefits system. The report looks at costs and to the degree to which population need is being met. It concludes with an assessment of the current system, by considering the distribution of net payout at the point of need and distribution of charges, also the distribution of unmet need. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090717001 E |
| Classmark | I: QDC: WEA: 3LM: 82 |
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