"Figure 3: Adding casemix adjustment leads to greater growth in children’s social care output","" "Current and proposed methods for output index with and without casemix adjustment, UK, 1997 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. The casemix adjustment is applied to safeguarding and looked after child services (secure, non-secure, adoptions and special guardianship orders). 2. CSC output includes both directly and indirectly measured output." "Unit","Index, 1997=100" "","" "Period","CSC output: current method","CSC output: proposed method without casemix","CSC output: proposed method including casemix" "1997","100","","" "1998","101.1","","" "1999","106.4","","" "2000","103.3","","" "2001","103.4","","" "2002","109.9","","" "2003","116.2","","" "2004","120.7","","" "2005","123.3","","" "2006","129.6","","" "2007","130.6","","" "2008","128.2","","" "2009","129.1","","" "2010","133.4","132.3","" "2011","129.4","129.6","" "2012","130","128.5","128.2" "2013","134.8","133.3","132.2" "2014","149.4","151.5","150.7" "2015","153.4","154.6","155.7" "2016","154.2","153.2","155.7" "2017","155.2","153.4","157.4" "2018","157.8","155.5","161.2"