Are Personal Health Budgets a good idea?
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Are Personal Health Budgets a good idea?
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There's a new BMJ feature about Personal Health Budgets, which are going to be available to 53,000 people in the UK who have ongoing complex health and care needs. This will be a sum of money given by
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Are Personal Health Budgets a good idea?
posted at 13/10/2011 12:15 PM BST
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There's a new BMJ feature about Personal Health Budgets, which are going to be available to 53,000 people in the UK who have ongoing complex health and care needs. This will be a sum of money given by the NHS/state to the patient so that they can choose and pay for their own care path - according to their needs. However, there is a lot of freedom in what you can spend your budget on, as long as it excludes the usual vices of alcohol, tobacco, gambling etc. The idea is that by giving more freedom, this will give patients more choice and will drive overall costs down. However, as Caroline White says: [will this mean money will be] spent on non-evidence based treatments and private sector services? Do you think this is likely to improve patients' outcomes? http://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d6532.full |
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Re: Are Personal Health Budgets a good idea?
posted at 30/12/2011 6:35 PM GMT
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it would seem that in our modern world everything is on a budget, Here too we delve into healthcare budgets. Yes in some cases this is a good idea, I believe every individual has a duty to pay a part of their own health care, where able to if not sick, or bedridden. etc. |
