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Costs and consequences of placing children in care / Harriet Ward ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Child Welfare Outcomes
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child care--Economic aspects--Great Britain.
- Child care.
- Child care services--Great Britain.
- Child care services.
- Children--Institutional care--Great Britain.
- Children.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (290 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book gets to the bottom of the costs of care and provides an insight into how these variations in cost relate to differences in children's needs, and most importantly, whether higher costs reflect better services and better outcomes for children.
- Contents:
- FRONT COVER; Costs and Consequences of Placing Children in Care; Contents; Preface; Authors' Note on Cost Comparisons; 1. Introductio; 2. Identifying Local Authorities and Children for Exploring theCosts of; 3. The Development of Unit Costs for Social Care Processes; 4. Placement Patterns, Processes and Costs; 5. Children and Costs; 6. Need, Cost, Service and Outcome; 7. The Relationship Between Cost and Value: Children's Viewsof the Value of Services; 8. The Cost Calculator for Children's Services; 9. Conclusion: Cost Calculations and their Implications for Policyand Practice; References
- Subject IndexAuthor Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786611782504
- 9781281782502
- 1281782505
- 9781846428227
- 184642822X
- OCLC:
- 300482806
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