What is co-production?

Abstract

The\tpurpose of this paper is to establish a working definition of the co-production of health. As a delivery model for health services, co-production is based on the sharing of information and on shared decision making between the service users and providers (Bettencourt, Ostrom et al, 2002; Needham and Carr, 2009). It builds on the assumption that\tboth parties have a central\trole to play in the process as they each contribute different and essential knowledge (Cahn, 2000).