Costing Community Care

Costing community care - the role of this book. Part 1 The costing process: background theory, Martin Knapp; costing services - ideals and reality, Caroline Allen and Jennifer Beecham; costing informal care, Ann Netten. Part 2 The uses of cost information: principles of applied cost research, Martin Knapp; proceed with caution - using official data, Aidan Kelly and Adrew Bebbington; costs, prices and charges, Ann Netten; new policies and old logics - costs information and modal choice, Bleddyn Davies. Part 3 The application of costs: calculating unit costs of a centre for people with AIDS/HIV, Andrew Bebbington; case management - costing the experiments, David Challis, et al; costs, needs and outcomes in community mental health care, Jennifer Beecham, et al; intermediate treatment - user characteristics and the prediction of costs, Martin Knapp, et al. Part 4 Epilogue: costs estimation and community care - why we must run fast to stand still, Bleddyn Davies.