Methods development

We have established a reputation for methodological excellence over the last forty years. Our work on the economics of social care and mental health provision has generated many direct approaches to support evaluations of policy and practice from local authorities, third sector organisations and government bodies.

We continue to review and develop methods to support our research.

Highlights

• We developed the Client Services Receipt Inventory, which has been used in over 500 studies
• We developed new social care modules of national surveys (Health Survey for England and English Longitudinal Study of Ageing)
• We drew together data sources across adult social care in England
• We provided guidance on discrete choice experiments for adult social care

Current studies