Motivation and commissioning: Perceived and expressed motivations of care home providers

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 228-247

  Matosevic, Tihana ^a   Knapp, Martin ^a   Le Grand, Julian ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care homes; Commissioning; Expressed motivations; Older people; Perceived motivations; Providers

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; PERCEPTION; PRIVATE SECTOR; SERVICE PROVISION; WELFARE PROVISION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 43049112470     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2007.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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