Pooling budgets not a panacea for integrated care

News | Posted on Wednesday 19 March 2014

CHE's latest research paper - Financial mechanisms for integrating funds for health and social care: an evidence review

Researchers found that compared with usual funding arrangements, schemes that pooled funds and resources to support integrated care seldom led to improved health outcomes. Press Release 97 (PDF , 119kb)

Full Research Paper CHE Research Paper 97 (PDF , 1,259kb), other papers in this series can be found at In house publications

Anne Mason made a presentation of the research at the 14th International Conference on Integrated Care, Brussels 2^nd-4^th April 2014. Presentation (PDF , 550kb)