The Essence (EconomicS-of-Social-carE-CompEndium) Toolkit

This toolkit aims to help those shaping services and treatments for adult people with social care needs, and their carers, to make informed decisions about which services and treatments to provide and how much they cost.

Last reviewed
Topic
  • Care strategies
Resource type
  • Tools
Profession
  • Care manager
  • Social care assessor
  • Social worker
Stage
  • Complex
  • End of life

The toolkit currently contains 18 case studies covering a range of key adult social care interventions as well as a database of relevant publications on a broader spectrum of adult social care interventions.

Its aim is to support decision-makers to access and understand the economic evidence for adult social care interventions.