Outpatient services and primary care

"In developing new models of care for the NHS, it should not be assumed that community-based care will be cheaper than conventional hospital-based care. Possible reasons care in the community may be more expensive include supply-induced demand and addressing unmet need through new forms of care and through loss of efficiency gained from concentrating services in hospitals. Evidence from this study suggests that further shifts of care into the community can be justified only if (a) high value is given to patient convenience in relation to NHS costs or (b) community care can be provided in a way that reduces overall health-care costs."

Outpatient services and primary care: Scoping review, substudies and international comparisons
E Winpenny, C Miani, E Pitchforth, S Ball, E Nolte, S King, J Greenhalgh, M Roland
Health Services and Delivery Research, 2016, 4(15)

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The future of child health services: new models of care

"Different services and models of care for children and young people have been emerging around the UK, both within the Vanguard scheme and inspired by it. These models are emerging in response to a series of problems in current services for children and young people. This briefing describes the current state of child health and quality of care in the UK and how the emerging models are responding to these issues."

The future of child health services: new models of care
L Kossarova, D Devakumar, N Edwards
The King's Fund
February 2016

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Sustainable care pathways guidance

In 2015 the Coalition for Sustainable Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices created an innovative set of guidance to allow users to consistently appraise environmental impacts of health care pathways.

The guidance has been developed to enable sustainability to be considered when designing new models of care, redesigning existing models or investigating the benefits of prevention.

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Health and social care priorities for the Government: 2015-2020

"As part of our role to deliver evidence to support better health policy, the Nuffield Trust has produced this briefing, which outlines 10 key health and social care priorities for the new Government."

Health and social care priorities for the Government: 2015-2020
Nuffield Trust
June 2015

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International trends and initiatives in primary health care

"Evidence is presented from countries perceived as comparable to Australia in terms of the organisation, funding and delivery of primary health care."

International trends and initiatives in primary health care
Research Roundup
Issue 23, August 2012

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