The purchaser/provider split in social care: Is it working?

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-19

  Lewis, Jane ^a   Bernstock, Penny ^b   Bovell, Virginia ^b   Wookey, Fiona ^b  

^a ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Community care; Competition; Providing; Purchasing; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003097763     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.1996.tb00478.x     Document Type: Article

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