This article draws on work published by the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), based at the University of Kent.
One estimate is based on the output figures included in the current National Accounts. But the article also describes potential improvements to the measurement of adult social care services output, to incorporate quality changes and to allow for changes in the dependency of the clients receiving services, as the early stages of an ongoing development programme. The article also includes a wider corroborative evidence section on the estimates provided.
The UK Centre for the Measurement of Government Activity in the Office for National Statistics (ONS) will be facilitating an external consultation to help guide this development programme.
This is the fourth in the Public Service Productivity Series following the Health Productivity article published in March 2006.
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