The social return on investment in community befriending

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 225-240

  Arvidson, Malin ^a   Battye, Fraser ^b   Salisbury, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ICF GHK International   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commissioning; Economic analysis; Post natal depression; Social value; SROI; Value for money

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900438039     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJPSM-03-2013-0045     Document Type: Article

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