1. Personal Health Budgets Evaluation Evaluation of the Personal Health Budgets Pilots Wider Cohort Pilot Sites

2. Personal Health Budgets Evaluation Why include the wider cohort in the evaluation? To add to the understanding over all pilot sites: – Impact of personal health budgets on outcomes – Implementation issues – Set-up costs – Perceived success of the pilot

3. Personal Health Budgets Evaluation Design Identify eligible people Offer a personal health budget Each patient will be asked if they are willing to participate in the evaluation If willing, a consent form will be completed and sent back to the University of Kent

4. Personal Health Budgets Evaluation Individual Level Data Collection Baseline – Outcome baseline questionnaire – Secondary health care service use 12 months after consent – Outcome baseline questionnaire – Secondary health care service use – Care plan

5. Personal Health Budgets Evaluation Organisation Level Data Collection Web-based questionnaire – Implementation issues – June/July 2010 – Set-up cost information – February 2011 – Perceived success of the local pilot – February 2012