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Movement and change — independent sector domiciliary care providers between 1995 and 1999
Author(s)	Patricia Ware, Tihana Matosevic, Julien Forder
Journal title	Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 9, no 6, November 2001
Pages	pp 334-340
Keywords	Community care ; Domiciliary services ; Voluntary agencies ; Longitudinal surveys.
Annotation	Promoting the development of a flourishing independent sector alongside good public services was a key objective of the 1990s community care reforms. This paper charts some of the ways the independent domiciliary care sector is changing,. using surveys carried out in 8 local authority areas in 1995, and in 1999 (increased to 11 areas, because of the creation of three new unitary authorities). The studies' aims were: to describe the main features of provider organisations, such as size of business, client group and funding sources; to examine the nature of provider motivations and their past and future plans; to consider how local authorities manage the supply side of social care markets; and to examine the effects on providers of the development of the mixed economy. (RH)
Accession Number	CPA-020109205 A
Classmark	PA: N: PK: 3J
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