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Cost effectiveness

All services and agencies need to use public funds wisely and efficiently to secture the maximum improvements for children, young people and their families.

 

Cost model

This hypothetical model and supporting narrative analyses the potential cost avoidance that could be made nationally if intensive interventions for families with multiple problems were targeted at all suitable 10-15 yr old children that enter the care system in England each year (10-15 yr old children occupy the largest proportion of expensive residential care in England).

View the edge of care cost model (410Kb PDF file, 3 pages).

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