Economic Evaluation

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Economic Evaluation

April 4, 2023 News 0

In England, many services that are paid for using taxpayers’ money are decided on and funded by local commissioners such as Local Authorities (LAs) and Integrated Care Systems (ICSs). LAs are responsible for publicly funded social care (e.g., home-based services) and some public health services (e.g., sexual health services). ICSs are responsible for funding most healthcare services in local areas. All local decision makers aim to fund services for public benefit; for example, promoting and protecting health and preventing ill-health, while ensuring ‘value for money’ for taxpayers. Such services and local decision makers often collect data to inform their processes. This data is used to support the services provided for individuals, but also for administrative reasons. This data could be used more often to help inform improvements to current services and funding of new services, but also to support research by universities, for example for the purpose of economic evaluation conducted by university-based research staff. Read more