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- Title
Securing quality through contracts? The development of quasi-markets for social care in Britain.
- Authors
Hardy, Brian; Wistow, Gerald
- Abstract
Examines the early development of quasi-markets for social care in Great Britain, with emphasis on the policy and practice of domiciliary care. Examination of the differences between social care and other goods and services; Nature of competition between providers within quasi-markets; Reference to the Community Care Act of 1990; Reasons for the lack of initial support for domiciliary care markets; Concerns expressed about contract agreements.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; SOCIAL services; QUASI contracts
- Publication
Australian Journal of Public Administration, 1998, Vol 57, Issue 2, p25
- ISSN
0313-6647
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8500.1998.tb01380.x