Step 5
Commissioning Service
Q9 Have cost/benefit analyses been done, to assess the impact of the new service?
Dept of Health / Hester Adrian (1999) Quality and Costs of Residential Provision for People with Learning Disabilities.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Lettersandcirculars/Healthservicecirculars/DH_4003857
Turning Point (2010) Benefits Realisation: Assessing the Economic Evidence Base for Integrated Health, Housing and Social Care.
http://www.dhcarenetworks.org.uk/_library/Resources/ICN/ICN_advice/benefitsrealisationpresentation1.pdf
Scottish Government (2010) A Working Life for All Disabled People: The Supported Employment Framework for Scotland: Main Report. Section 3: How is Supported Employment funded and what does it cost?
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/02/23093849/6
Mansell, J., Beadle-Brown, J., Skidmore, C., Whelton, B. & Hutchinson, A. (2006) Estimating the Number of People with Intellectual Disabilities in 'Out Of Area' Residential Placements. Research Policy and Planning 24, 1, 53-59.
http://www.ssrg.org.uk/publications/rpp/2006/issue1/article5.pdf
Brown, M. & Paterson, D. (2008) Out-of-area placements in Scotland and people with learning disabilities: a preliminary population study. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 15, 4, 278-286.
The North East Improvement and Efficiency Partnership (2010) Supporting People Cost Benefit Analysis
http://www.northeastiep.gov.uk/adult/supportingpeople.htm
Davies, L. (1987). Quality, costs and "an ordinary life". London: King's Fund Centre.
Stancliffe, R. J., and Keane, S. (2000). Outcomes and costs of community living: A matched comparison of group homes and semi-independent living. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 25, 281-305.
Knobbe, C. A., Carey, S. P., Rhodes, L., and Horner, R. H. (1995). Benefit-cost analysis of community residential versus institutional services for adults with severe mental retardation and challenging behaviors. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 99, 533-541.
Felce, D., Lowe, K., Beecham, J., and Hallam, A. (2000). Exploring the relationships between costs and quality of services for adults with severe intellectual disabilities and the most severe challenging behaviours in Wales: A multivariate regression analysis. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 25, 307-326.
Felce, D., Emerson, E. (2005) Community Living: Costs, Outcomes, and Economies of Scale: Findings from U.K. Research. In Stancliffe, R. J, Lakin, K.C. Costs and outcomes of community services for people with intellectual disabilities. (pp. 45-62). Baltimore, MD, US: Paul H Brookes Publishing.
Allen, C., and Beecham, J. (1993) Costing services: ideals and reality. In: Costing Community Care: Theory and Practice (eds. A. Netten and J. Beecham), 25-42. Ashgate, Aldershot.
Stancliffe, R. J., and Lakin, K. C. (1998). Analysis of expenditures and outcomes of residential alternatives for persons with developmental disabilities. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 102, 552-568.
