DELIVERING PERSONAL HEALTH BUDGETS by Vidhya Alakeson ( 9781447308539 )

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Title:

DELIVERING PERSONAL HEALTH BUDGETS
A GUIDE TO POLICY AND PRACTICE

By:

Vidhya Alakeson

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Hardback

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1447308530

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Publisher:

POLICY PRESS

Pub. date:

13 January, 2014

Pages:

152

Description:

This book contains everything there is to know about the purpose and history of personal health budgets, the evidence for their effectiveness and the challenges they pose to traditional healthcare systems.

Synopsis:

Personal health budgets are an important new tool to improve the lives of people living with long-term conditions and disabilities by giving them greater choice and control over their healthcare.This is the first step-by-step guide to their implementation. Using current evidence and best practice identified by pilot sites, Delivering personal health budgets contains everything there is to know about the purpose and history of personal health budgets, the evidence for their effectiveness and the challenges they pose to traditional healthcare systems. It describes the essential infrastructure needed for personal health budgets and includes implementation checklists.The book focuses on how personal health budgets can be implemented to achieve the best possible outcomes for individuals, while real life stories from personal health budget holders bring their potential vividly to life. Delivering personal health budgets is essential reading for commissioners, healthcare providers, clinicians and policy makers who are looking for an informative and authoritative guide.

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