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The same as you? A review of services for people with learning disabilities

Appendix 4 The cost of care packages

This appendix compares, in very broad terms, the costs of other care packages and hospital care.

There is very limited information available on the cost of packages and the needs of individuals. The only accurate sources are the studies for the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions and the Department of Health we have referred to in chapter 4 of this report. But even these sources acknowledge the small scale of their samples.

The table below offers another pattern of care for the 700 to 800 residents in long-stay hospitals after 2002 (less the 300 to 400 to be held in the NHS) and costs involved.

Figure 3 Other patterns of care

Note 1 The total cost of care packages in studies for DETR/DOH referred to in Chapter 4.
Note 2 The cost after taking away benefits income and the cost of capital. The result is the on-going running costs of (social and health) care and accommodation.
Note 3 Scottish hospital costs - cost each week of inpatient care.
Note 4 Cost at (3) less assumed allowance for non-recurring, double running costs.

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