David Oliver: What’s the verdict on personal health budgets?
David Oliver: What’s the verdict on personal health budgets?
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大卫·奥利弗：对个人健康预算的判断是什么？
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D. Oliver
NHS 长期计划的一个关键组成部分是一系列关于个性化护理的承诺。1其中包括到 2023-24 年让 20 万人受益于个人健康预算的目标。目前数量约为40 000.2
这引发了疑问。例如，这些预算会让合适的人受益吗？它们是否会给其他服务使用者带来风险或机会成本？它们是对稀缺公共资源的有效利用吗？或者说把钱花在其他地方会更好吗？是否需要任何保障措施？
在英格兰，个人预算3和与个性化护理计划相关的直接付款在社会护理中已经存在了一段时间。他们的介绍部分是为了回应……
A key component of the NHS long term plan was a set of commitments on personalised care.1 These included a target for 200 000 people to benefit from personal health budgets by 2023-24. The current number is around 40 000.2
This raises questions. For instance, will these budgets benefit the right people? Will they introduce risks or bring opportunity costs for other service users? Are they a cost effective use of scarce public resources, or would the money be better spent elsewhere? Are any safeguards required?
In England, personal budgets3 and direct payments linked to personalised care plans have existed in social care for some time. Their introduction was partly a response to …