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THE OUTPUTS OF OLD PEOPLE’S HOMES IN THE POST‐WAR PERIOD

Martin Knapp (Lecturer in Economics and Research Fellow, Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent at Canterbury)

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

ISSN: 0144-333X

Article publication date: 1 March 1983

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Abstract

It has proved useful in studies of the personal social services, and in other areas of social policy, to make a distinction between final and intermediate outputs. Final outputs measure changes in individual client well‐being compared with changes in well‐being in the absence of a caring intervention. In other words, final outputs measure the degree of success of a service or a care unit in meeting its client‐level policy objectives, where due consideration is paid to client states had care not been available. In contrast, intermediate outputs are operationally defined in terms of the care services themselves rather than the effects of these services on clients.

Citation

Knapp, M. (1983), "THE OUTPUTS OF OLD PEOPLE’S HOMES IN THE POST‐WAR PERIOD", International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 55-85. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb012950

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