Mon, 14 May 2012
Health Economic Group’s questionnaire to help inform policy making for social care of the over 65s
The Health Economics Group in the University East Anglia’s Faculty of Health has played a major role in developing a module of survey questions for researchers interested in social care for the over 65s. The module will help survey interviewers makes sense of complex care arrangements and the questions will untangle the contributions of Local Authority and private care services, different payment models and related benefits and the provision and receipt of informal care. This will play a key part in providing accurate data for informed policy making.
The module will be launched at the National Centre for Social Science, London, 12 November 2010.
The UEA team, which was led by Professor Ruth Hancock, Head of the Health Economics Group and Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Health, comprised also Marcello Morciano, Ian Shemilt, Adam Martin , Alex Jones and Miranda Mugford The UEA team worked with the National Centre for Social Research and the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and at the University of Kent to produce the questionnaire.
The module of questions includes key information such as:
The module can be used in economic evaluations and is suitable for longitudinal or cross-sectional population surveys that cover community-based care.
Professor Hancock said, “This was an excellent collaboration between the organisations involved. The module will allow researchers to gain a more accurate understanding of care provision for the over 65s and so provide better intelligence to inform policy making in this important area.”
The project was funded by the Nuffield Foundation and the Department of Health. Details of the launch can be found at www.natcen.ac.uk/events-and-training.
The module will be launched at the National Centre for Social Science, London, 12 November 2010.
The UEA team, which was led by Professor Ruth Hancock, Head of the Health Economics Group and Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Health, comprised also Marcello Morciano, Ian Shemilt, Adam Martin , Alex Jones and Miranda Mugford The UEA team worked with the National Centre for Social Research and the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and at the University of Kent to produce the questionnaire.
The module of questions includes key information such as:
- Respondent's ability to carry out activities of daily living.
- Respondent's need for and use of:
- Formal community-based social care services.
- Informal care by relatives and friends.
- How often and how regularly social care services are used.
- How respondents pay for social care services including:
- Direct payments and personal budgets for care.
- User contributions and/or charges for social care services.
- Privately-purchased care.
- Use of community equipment, 'meals on wheels' and day care.
- Respondent's involvement in providing care to others.
The module can be used in economic evaluations and is suitable for longitudinal or cross-sectional population surveys that cover community-based care.
Professor Hancock said, “This was an excellent collaboration between the organisations involved. The module will allow researchers to gain a more accurate understanding of care provision for the over 65s and so provide better intelligence to inform policy making in this important area.”
The project was funded by the Nuffield Foundation and the Department of Health. Details of the launch can be found at www.natcen.ac.uk/events-and-training.
