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| Personal health budgets in The Netherlands and England | | Author(s) | Ghislaine Grasser, Ruth Young, Liana Rosenkrantz Woskie |
| Journal title | Eurohealth, vol 19, no 2, 2013 |
| Publisher | European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Brussels, 2013 |
| Pages | pp 21-23 |
| Source | http://www.euro.who.int/en/who-we-are/parnters/obs... |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Social security benefits ; Independence ; Finance [care] ; Person-centred care ; National Health Service ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Coordination ; Policy ; England ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | The Netherlands and England have introduced personal budgets for long-term care as patient incentives, with the general objective of providing more choice and flexibility to recipients. In the Netherlands, the number of personal budgets increased substantially from 2002 to 2010, prompting a drastic cut to reduce costs. In England, personal budgets were implemented in 2005 as pilot projects in thirteen local authorities, and scaled up throughout the country. in 2012. Currently, little evidence is available on the role of personal budgets in integrated care. However, in the Netherlands, personal budgets were shown to increase patient satisfaction, choice and influence over care. Different evaluations following the pilot programmes in England show that personal health budgets can be used as a vehicle to promote better integration. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-130628219 A |
| Classmark | CC: JH: C3: QC: PAA: L4: QK6: QAJ: QAD: 82: 76H |
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