Personal Health Budgets Evaluation

Baseline outcome questionnaire

Personal Health Budgets Evaluation

Baseline Questionnaire• Postal or web-based version will be made

available

• Nine sections to the questionnaire

• Each question is a standardised measure that has been widely used in health and social care research

Personal Health Budgets Evaluation

Outcome Measures• Section 1: Subjective well-being• Section 2: GHQ-12 • Section 3: General health• Section 4: Social Care Outcomes• Section 5: EQ-5D

Personal Health Budgets Evaluation

Dependency Level Section 6 in questionnaire

• Could have an impact on outcomes– e.g. Lower dependency = improved outcomes

• 11 activities of daily living• Four responses

– On own without help– On own with difficulty– Only with someone else– Not at all

Personal Health Budgets Evaluation

Health and Social Care Services• Health care service use

– Hospital Episodes Statistics

• Social care service use – Section 7 – Outcome questionnaire– Data to be used in the cost effectiveness analysis

Personal Health Budgets Evaluation

Equity ImplicationsSection 8 & 9 in questionnaire

• Are there equity issues in terms of who is being offered a PHB?

• To explore question, we need information on– Socio-economic characteristics– Socio-demographic characteristics– Religion– Sexual orientation– Practical help received from family or friends

Personal Health Budgets Evaluation

Data Protection

• Names and addresses are kept separately from the personal information collected on the questionnaire

• A unique ID will be used on the questionnaire

• For postal questionnaires, a pre-paid envelope will be sent