Re: Personal health budgets: surplus of cash or deficit of ideas?
According to the recent evaluation, personal health budgets were associated with improved quality of life and psychological well-being (with 90% confidence). (1) As a result of this evaluation, this intervention is being rolled out nationally. (2)
Seeing as mortality was 8.7% in the personal health budget group and 6.6% in the control group (p = 0.109), it’s lucky they didn’t use an 89% confidence to assess significance. Otherwise they would have found that personal health budgets increase mortality too.
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Re: Personal health budgets: surplus of cash or deficit of ideas?
According to the recent evaluation, personal health budgets were associated with improved quality of life and psychological well-being (with 90% confidence). (1) As a result of this evaluation, this intervention is being rolled out nationally. (2)
Seeing as mortality was 8.7% in the personal health budget group and 6.6% in the control group (p = 0.109), it’s lucky they didn’t use an 89% confidence to assess significance. Otherwise they would have found that personal health budgets increase mortality too.
Refs:
1) Forder J, Jones K, Glendinning C et al. Evaluation of the personal health budget pilot programme. PSSRU discussion paper. November 2012. http://www.personalhealthbudgets.dh.gov.uk/_library/Resources/Personalhe...
2) Personal health budgets to be rolled out. London: Department of Health. November 2012. http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/2012/11/phb/
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