Privatization of social services: Quality differences in Swedish elderly care

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 560-567

  Stolt, Ragnar ^a   Blomqvist, Paula ^b   Winblad, Ulrika ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contracting out; Elderly care; New Public Management; Privatization; Residential care quality; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; PRIVATIZATION; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL POLICY;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORK; SWEDEN; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STANDARD;

SWEDEN;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SOCIAL WORK; SWEDEN;

EID: 79954428793     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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