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Cost-effectiveness and Independent Living: Proceedings of a JRF Conference, June 2000
Costeffectiveness and Independent Living Proceedings of a JRF Conference June 2000 Author:Janet Lewis This title contains papers on cost effectiveness and independent living. It presents overviews of the foundations of and current issues within independent living. It outlines the application of this philosophy to current ideas of service delivery and of direct payments to disabled people, and also some of the issues in applying this philosophy t... more »o the lives of other groups, particularly older people. One paper outlines the current state of play (in policy and practice terms) of best value; another presents a critique of the ideas of best value and argues for a framework which takes forward ideas of cost-effectiveness within a value-base of independent living. Other papers focus on the specific approach to cost-effectiveness that would be feasible, given our current state of knowledge, and then look to develop practicable approaches to developing a framework for cost-effectiveness within social care and disability issues« less