Industrialized nations face the common challenge of caring for aging populations, with rising
rates of chronic disease and disability. Our 2014 computer-assisted telephone survey of the …

Background Personalisation is a growing international policy paradigm that aims to create
both improved outcomes for individuals, and reduce fiscal pressures on government, by …

Personal budgets (PBs) may improve the lives of people with mental health conditions and
people with intellectual disability (ID). However, a clear definition of PB, benefits, and …

Personalized care and market‐based approaches to public service provision have gained
prominence in a range of Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development …

As part of the international trend towards personalisation, in 2013 Australia launched a
major disability scheme aiming to give participants greater choice and control over services …

This book is the result of the collective effort of a team of European researchers working
together within a project co-funded by the European Union's Seventh Framework …

Consumer directed care (CDC) is currently being embraced internationally as a means to
promote autonomy and choice for consumers (people aged 65 and over) receiving …

Previous research has indicated that administrative burdens are particularly high in
personalised funding schemes such as the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme …

Aim Recently, there has been increasing interest in providing Personal Health Budgets
(PHBs) to patients with severe mental illness. However, information on implementing PHB …

In this book, we invited 146 authors with expertise in health policy, systems design,
management, research, or practice, from each of the countries included, to consider health …