Social Care Markets

by Wistow, Gerald; Knapp, Martin; Hardy, Brian; Forder, Julien; Kendall, Jeremy; Manning, Rob

• ISBN13: 9780335195466
• ISBN10: 0335195466
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-06-01
• Publisher: Open Univ Pr

Summary

Based on detailed research in twenty-five local authorities, this book focuses on initial experiences of, and attitudes towards, operating within social care markets. It examines perspectives on and capacities to implement the community care reforms, and locates them within conceptual and policy frameworks which help us identify implications for local authorities, private and voluntary sector providers, central government and the research community. Generally, local authorities have moved from a relatively crude anti-commercialism to a belief that the market is capable of delivering benefits to users and carers. However, there is relatively little evidence that authorities have developed understandings of how to use the market to achieve social goals.

Author Biography

Gerald Wistow is Professor of Health and Social Care and Head of the Community Care Division at the Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds; Martin Knapp is Professor of the Economics of Social Care at the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), University of Kent and Professor of Health Economics at the Institute of Psychiatry; Brian Hardy is Senior Research Fellow in the Community Care Division, Nuffield Institute for Health; Julien Forder is Research Fellow at the PSSRU, University of Kent; Rob Manning is Research Fellow at the Department of Public Health Medicine, University of Hull; and Jeremy Kendall is Research Fellow at the PSSRU, University of Kent.

Table of Contents

Preface

Markets in social care Developing social care markets background and context

Enabling and market configuration steering and rowing

Opportunities and barriers revisited Mapping the market Purchasing intentions and arrangements Provider motivation and behaviour

Is the market working?

Policy perspectives Economic perspectives Conclusion harnessing and developing the market Appendix research methodology

References

Index

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