Variations in the Costs of Care

Abstract

Increasing concern has been voiced in recent years about the costs of social care. As we have already seen, this partly stems from the experiences of recession and fiscal pressure. It also stems from a realisation of a gradually increasing proportion of the total population that is totally or partially dependent upon social and health care agencies for continued personal and social well-being. A third source of concern comes from a realisation that these costs vary greatly between and within local authority areas.