{"id":2765,"date":"2018-12-13T11:06:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T11:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pssru.ac.uk\/?page_id=2765"},"modified":"2025-10-17T10:34:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:34:55","slug":"unit-costs-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/corec\/unit-costs-2003-2021\/unit-costs-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unit Costs of Health and Social Care publication &#8211; introductory video<\/p>\n<div class=\"video\"><\/div>\n<h2>Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2018<\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>Please note that minor changes maybe made to this edition until 31 January 2019.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Compiled by Lesley Curtis and Amanda Burns<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kar.kent.ac.uk\/70995\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download complete document<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pssru.ac.uk\/project-pages\/unit-costs\/unit-costs-2018\/#sections\">sections<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/pub\/uc\/uc2018\/unit-cost-database-for-health-and-social-care-professionals.xlsx\">Download online unit cost database of health and social care professionals 2017\/18<\/a><strong> (NEW THIS YEAR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/pub\/uc\/uc2018\/order-form.pdf\">Download the hard copy form<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Articles<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/pub\/uc\/uc2018\/preface.pdf\">Preface<\/a><br \/>\nLesley Curtis<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/pub\/uc\/uc2018\/sach.pdf\">A comparison of two sources of primary and social care resource use data in a care home setting<\/a><br \/>\nTracey Sach, James Desborough, Julie Houghton and Richard Holland<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/pub\/uc\/uc2018\/curtis.pdf\">GP prescription costs \u2013 changes over time<\/a><br \/>\nLesley Curtis and Jennifer Beecham<\/p>\n<h3>Copyright<\/h3>\n<p>The PSSRU retains the copyright in the Unit Costs series. They may be freely distributed as pdf files and on paper, but quotations must be acknowledged and permission for use of longer excerpts must be obtained in advance. Please acknowledge <em>Unit Costs of Health and Social Care <\/em>as the source when using costs estimates and information from these reports.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that when citing the report, the following format should be used:<\/p>\n<p>Curtis, L. &amp; Burns, A. (2018) Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2018, Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent, Canterbury.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.22024\/UniKent\/01.02.70995\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.22024\/UniKent\/01.02.70995\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Contact<\/h3>\n<p>If you are aware of other sources of information which can be used to improve our estimates, notice errors or have any other comments, please contact <a href=\"mailto:L.A.Curtis@kent.ac.uk\">Lesley Curtis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a id=\"sections\" name=\"sections\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>I Services &#8211; <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/pub\/uc\/uc2018\/services.pdf\">download<\/a><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Services for older people<\/li>\n<li>Services for people with mental health problems<\/li>\n<li>Services for people who misuse drugs or alcohol<\/li>\n<li>Services for people requiring learning disability support<\/li>\n<li>Services for adults requiring physical support<\/li>\n<li>Services for children and their families<\/li>\n<li>Hospital and related services<\/li>\n<li>Care packages<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>II Community-based health care staff &#8211; <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/pub\/uc\/uc2018\/community-based-health-care-staff.pdf\">download<\/a><\/h3>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li>Scientific and professional<\/li>\n<li>Nurses, doctors and dentists<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>III Community-based social care staff- <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/pub\/uc\/uc2018\/community-based-social-care-staff.pdf\">download<\/a><\/h3>\n<ol start=\"11\">\n<li>Social care staff and services<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>IV Hospital-based health care staff &#8211; <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/pub\/uc\/uc2018\/hospital-based-health-care-staff.pdf\">download<\/a><\/h3>\n<ol start=\"12\">\n<li>Hospital-based scientific and professional staff<\/li>\n<li>Hospital-based nurses<\/li>\n<li>Hospital-based doctors<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>V Sources of information &#8211; <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/pub\/uc\/uc2018\/sources-of-information.pdf\">download<\/a><\/h3>\n<ol start=\"15\">\n<li>Inflation indices<\/li>\n<li>NHS staff earning estimates<\/li>\n<li>Examples of roles in each Agenda for Change band<\/li>\n<li>Training costs of health and social care professionals<\/li>\n<li>Care home fees<\/li>\n<li>Time use of community care professionals<\/li>\n<li>Glossary<\/li>\n<li>References<\/li>\n<li>List of useful websites<\/li>\n<li>List of items from previous volumes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unit Costs of Health and Social Care publication &#8211; introductory video Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2018 Please note that minor changes maybe made to this edition until 31 January 2019. 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