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No place like home: independent domiciliary care providers in a rapidly changing market
— summary of key findings | | Author(s) | Tihana Matosevic, Julien Forder, Jeremy Kendall |
| Corporate Author | Nuffield Institute for Health; Personal Social Services Research Unit - PSSRU, LSE |
| Journal title | Evidence, briefing paper, 6, February 2001 |
| Pages | 4 pp |
| Source | http://www.leeds.ac.uk/nuffield/index.htm http://www.ukc.ac.uk/PSSRU/ |
| Keywords | Domiciliary services ; Commercial care ; Local Authority ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | The independent sector's share of the domiciliary care market increased dramatically during the 1990s, to account for just over half of all provision funded by local authorities. The researchers carried out surveys of 8 local authorities in 1995 and 1998. This summary examines provider motivations and their past and future plans. It describes how local authorities managed the supply side of social care markets. It reveals providers' fears that some commissioning behaviour could adversely affect the quality of care. This study forms part of a research programme commissioned by the Department of Health (DoH). The programme's main aims are to describe, monitor and evaluate purchaser-provider relationships, with particular reference to the expansion of community-based care, with the aim of improving choice, quality and cost effectiveness - "best value". (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010404201 P |
| Classmark | N: PI: PE: 3F |
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