Evaluating Outcomes in Health and Social Care by Helen Dickinson

Evaluating Outcomes in Health and Social Care by Helen Dickinson

Partnerships continue to be a prominent feature of health and social care policy and one which seems set to stay. Despite this, partnerships have not actually been demonstrated to improve service user outcomes. This book argues that, rather than a lack of an impact per se, this is a result of the massive challenge faced by partnership evaluations and suggests we need to effectively evaluate the outcomes of partnerships - or else the concept risks losing legitimacy. The book provides an introduction to evaluation, outcomes and partnerships, summarising recent trends in policy and research, setting out useful frameworks and approaches and aiding policy makers and practitioners to more effectively evaluate partnerships. Short, accessible and designed for everyday use, the book is aimed at students, practitioners, managers and policy makers in health and social care.

This book is of great value for practical professionals working with other agencies..well written. International Journal for Integrated Care, Vol 8, 2008.

Helen Dickinson is a researcher at the Health Services Management Centre, with an interest in evaluating the outcomes of health and social care partnerships. Recent research and consultancy work include producing research-based but accessible discussion papers for funders such as the Wanless Review of the funding of adult social care, the NHS Institute and the Care Services Improvement Partnership.

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ISBN 13	9781847420343
ISBN 10	1847420346
Title	Evaluating Outcomes in Health and Social Care
Author	Helen Dickinson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Policy Press
Year published	2008-05-07
Number of pages	144
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