Cost benefit analysis guidance for local partnerships

"This document outlines a methodology for a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) model originally developed by New Economy, local authorities and other public sector agencies across Greater Manchester (GM). It is designed to simplify and to lower the cost of performing CBA in the context of local programmes to improve public services where analytical and research resources may be relatively limited." 

Supporting public service transformation: cost benefit analysis guidance for local partnerships
HM Treasury, Public Service Transformation Network, New Economy
April 2014

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'Any town' toolkit for Clinical Commissioning Groups

"NHS England has produced a toolkit called ‘Any town’, which using high level health system modelling, allows clinical commissioning groups to map how interventions could improve local health services and close the financial gap."

The toolkit includes five modules accessible as PowerPoint presentations:

1 -  Methodology guide
2 -  Urban model module
3 -  Suburban model module
4 -  Rural model module
5 -  Further information guide (containing additional case study information)

Any Town
NHS England
January 2014

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Resource modelling to inform decision making and service planning

"Resource modelling of this type complements conventional cost-effectiveness analyses and can help inform policy making and service planning."

Using resource modelling to inform decision making and service planning: the case of colorectal cancer screening in Ireland
L Sharp, et al.
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:105

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