Micro-enterprise and personalisation : what size is good care? / Catherine Needham, Kerry Allen, and Kelly Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Needham, Catherine, 1974- author.

Allen, Kerry, author.

Hall, Kelly (Social policy lecturer), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--Cost effectiveness.

Medical care.

Delivery of Health Care--economics.

Medical Subjects:

Delivery of Health Care--economics.

Physical Description:

vii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Micro-enterprise and personalization : what size is good care?

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA : Policy Press, 2017.

Summary:

Shifts to independent delivery of health and social care services have led to increased numbers of micro-enterprise. Could these tiny organizations with just 5 or fewer employees be the best way of delivering cost-effective health and social care services in the context of decreased budgets and increased demands? What size is 'just right for a care provider? This book explores size as an independent variable in care services, comparing outcomes and value for money across micro, small, medium and large organizations. Using interviews and surveys with 108 people using services and carers in 27 case-study organizations it focuses on the contribution micro-enterprises can make to the care sector. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: what size is 'just right' for a care provider? 1

2 Why study size? 17

3 Enterprise and care 31

4 Methods for co-productive research 47

5 What it means to be micro 71

6 Micro-enterprises; better outcomes at a lower cost 91

7 Enacting personalisation on a micro scale 111

8 Micro innovation: what, how and who? 129

9 How micro-enterprise performs 143

10 Sustainability: are micro-enterprises built to last? 157

11 Conclusion: scaling down? 173.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-219) and index.

ISBN:

1447319222

9781447319221

9781447319238

1447319230

OCLC:

945105329