Funding

Objectives

Changing systems of care so that they can offer better integration requires initial investment and funding; a degree of operational funding during the transition to the new models of care; and on-going financial support until the new services are fully operational and the older ones are de-commissioned. Ensuring that initial and on-going costs can be financed is an essential activity that uses the full range of mechanisms from regional/national budgets to ‘stimulus’ funds, European Union investment funds, public-private partnerships (PPP) and risk-sharing mechanisms.