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There has been a radical transformation in the provision of adult residential and nursing home care in England over the past four decades. Up to the 1980s, over 80% of adult residential care was provided by the public sector, but today public sector facilities account for only 8% of the available places, with the rest being provided by a mixture of for-profit firms (74%) and non-profit charities (18%). The public sector's role is often now that of purchaser (paying the fees of people unable t...
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- 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.02.037
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- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Social Science and Medicine Journal website
- Volume:
- 179
- Pages:
- 137–146
- Publication date:
- 2017-02-27
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-02-24
- DOI:
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0277-9536
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pubs:682019
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uri:5c41062a-bd61-4bca-938d-fdc06f007a65
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- 2017
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Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd.
This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Elsevier at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.02.037
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The quasi-market for adult residential care in the UK: Do for-profit, not-for-profit or public sector residential care and nursing homes provide better quality care?
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