Evaluation of the consumer - directed care initiative - Final Report
3.3 Evaluation scope and timing
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Glossary
1 Introduction- 2 The consumer-directed care initiative
3 Evaluation of the consumer-directed care initiative- 4 Profile of participants and the supports they accessed
- 5 Implementation and operation of the initiative
- 6 Impact of the initiative for CDC participants and their carers
- 7 Impact of the initiative for CDRC participants and the people they care for
- 8 Impact on providers and the broader service system
- 9 Cost assessment and cost-effectiveness of the initiative
- 10 Key findings
- 11 Lessons learnt and strategies for consideration
- Appendices
- References
The evaluation considered the implementation, operation, impact and cost of both CDC packages and CDRC packages, which together comprise the consumer-directed care initiative.
Importantly, the scope of the evaluation was limited to the first round of 500 CDC packages and 200 CDRC packages, which were approved and allocated to providers in late 2010. The evaluation did not consider the subsequent second round of CDC and CDRC packages approved in early 2011 for allocation from July 2011.
The evaluation commenced in November 2010, with the majority of the evaluation data collection activities occurring during the period June to September 2011.