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The direct costs of specialist services for children with mental health problems

Beecham, Jennifer and Topan, Catherine (1996) The direct costs of specialist services for children with mental health problems. In: Kurtz, Zarrina and Thornes, Rosemary and Wolkind, Stephen, eds. Services for the Mental Health of Children and Young People: Assessment of Needs and Unmet Need. Department of Health, London, pp. 59-71. ISBN n.a.. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:26413)

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Abstract

<p>To provide a comprehensive service for children and young people with mental health problems, commissioners require, at<p><p>the least, three set of data: information on the needs of the population; knowledge of the provider units available and the service components they offer; and financial information to assess the costs of meeting the population needs. Data such as these are vital to ensure that the services purchased do meet the needs of the population and that the desired balance between expenditure and the budget is attained. This chapter focuses on the last two of these desiderata.

Item Type: Book section
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Personal Social Services Research Unit
Depositing User: R. Bass
Date Deposited: 20 May 2011 14:32 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:04 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/26413 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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