Guidance

Estimating NHS and social care spend: a tool for commissioners

This tool estimates how a local care economy spends its money by age group, patient group and care settings.

Applies to England

Documents

Care spend estimating tool

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Details

This Excel-based tool aims to help NHS commissioners by approximating how their local care economy spends its money by age group, patient group and care settings, and how this may evolve over time.

By filling in some basic variables, commissioners can create a quick, indicative patient segmentation for their locality.

Updates to this page

Published 8 September 2014

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