Social Policy Research Interests
- Exercising choice in social care
- Qualitative longitudinal research methods
Current Research Projects
- Personalisation of home care for older people using managed personal budgets
- Evaluation of the Personal Health Budget Pilots
Social Policy Advisory Positions
- Member of the Editorial Board - Social Policy and Society
- Reviewer - NIHR School of Social Care Research proposals
Kate Baxter's Conference Presentations
Kate Baxter's Recent Publications
2012
Exploring the temporal aspects of direct payments, 2012
Arksey, H. and Baxter, K., British Journal of Social Work, 42, 1, 147-164.
Updated Review of Risk and Adult Social Care in England, 2012
Mitchell, W., Baxter, K. and Glendinning, C., JRF Programme Paper.
Efficiency, choice and control in social care commissioning, (forthcoming)
Wilberforce, M., Baxter, K. and Glendinning, C., Public Money & Management, 32, 4, 249-256.
2011
Role of voluntary groups in disability service provision, 2011
Baxter, K., Community Care, 27 October 2011, 34-35.
Making choices about support services: disabled adults' and older people's use of information, 2011
Baxter, K. and Glendinning, C., Health and Social Care in the Community, 19, 3, 272-279.
The implications of personal budgets for the home care market, 2011
Baxter, K., Glendinning, C. and Greener, I., Public Money & Management, 31, 2, 91-98.
Choice and change: disabled adults' and older people's experiences of making choices about services and support, 2011
Baxter, K., Rabiee, P. and Glendinning, C., Research Works, 2011-04, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York.
Personal budgets and the workforce implications for social care providers: expectations and early experiences, 2011
Baxter, K., Wilberforce, M. and Glendinning, C., Social Policy and Society, 10, 1, 55-65.
Home care re-ablement services: investigating the longer-terms impacts, 2011
Glendinning, C., Jones, K., Baxter, K., Rabiee, P., Curtis, L., Wilde, A., Arksey, H. and Forder, J., Research Works, 2011-01, Social Policy Research Unit.
2010
Executive Summary: Home Care Re-ablement Services: Investigating the longer-term impacts (prospective longitudinal study), 2010
Glendinning, C., Jones, K., Baxter, K., Rabiee, P., Curtis, L., Wilde, A., Arksey, H. and Forder, J., Social Policy Research Unit.
Home Care Re-ablement Services: Investigating the longer-term impacts (prospective longitudinal study), 2010
Glendinning, C., Jones, K., Baxter, K., Rabiee, P., Curtis, L., Wilde, A., Arksey, H. and Forder, J., Social Policy Research Unit.
2009
The Short-term Outcomes and Costs of Home Care Re-ablement Services: Interim report, 2009
Jones, K., Baxter, K., Curtis, L., Arksey, H., Forder, J., Glendinning, C. and Rabiee, P., Social Policy Research Unit.
The Organisation and Content of Home Care Re-ablement Services: Interim report, 2009
Rabiee, P., Glendinning, C., Arksey, H., Baxter, K., Jones, K., Forder, J. and Curtis, L., Social Policy Research Unit.
2008
Personal budgets - opportunities, risks and mixed perceptions, 2008
Baxter, K., Homecarer, November, 8-9.
Making informed choices in social care: the importance of accessible information, 2008
Baxter, K., Glendinning, C. and Clarke, S. , Health and Social Care in the Community, 16, 2, 197-207.
Domiciliary care agency responses to increased user choice, 2008
Baxter, K., Glendinning, C., Clarke, S. and Greener, I., Research Works, 2008-3, Social Policy Research Unit.
Domiciliary Care Agency Responses to Increased User Choice: Perceived threats, barriers and opportunities from a changing market, 2008
Baxter, K., Glendinning, C., Clarke, S. and Greener, I., Social Policy Research Unit.
2006
Scoping Review on Access to Information about Social Care Services, 2006
Baxter, K., Glendinning, C. and Clarke, S., Social Policy Research Unit.
External publications
Baxter K, Weiss M, Le Grand J. (2008) The dynamics of commissioning across organisational and clinical boundaries, Journal of Health Organisation and Management, 22, 2, 111-128
Baxter K, Weiss M, Le Grand J. (2007) Collaborative commissioning of secondary care services by primary care trusts, Public Money and Management, 27, 3, 207-14
Selwyn, J., Sturgess, W., Quinton, D., and Baxter, C. (2006) Costs and Outcomes of Non-infant Adoptions, British Association for Adoption and Fostering, London
Selwyn, J., Sturgess, W., Quinton, D., and Baxter, K. (2004) Costs of adoption. In A. Netten and L. Curtis, Unit costs of health and social care 2004, PSSRU, University of Kent, Canterbury
Faulkner, A., Mills, N., Bainton, D., Baxter, K., Kinnersley, P., Peters, T., and Sharp, D. (2003) A systematic review of the effect of primary care-based service innovations on quality and patterns of referral to specialist secondary care, British Journal of General Practice, 53,11, 878-84
Baxter, K., Shepherd, J., Weiss, M. and Le Grand, J. (2002) Ready, steady, stop. Health Service Journal, 14th March 2002.
Hanks, G.W., Robbins, M., Sharp, D., Forbes, K., Done, K., Peters,
T.J., Morgan, H., Sykes, J., Baxter, K., Corfe, F., and Bidgood, D.
(2002) The impact study: a randomised controlled trial to evaluate a
hospital palliative care team, British Journal of Cancer, 87,
733-739
Contact
Social Policy Research Unit
University of York
Heslington
York
YO10 5DD
Telephone: 0 1904 321966
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