Essays about: "public and private service provision"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words public and private service provision.

1. 1. Rethinking social care services for elderly persons in Zambia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Annette Hatembo; [2022]
   Keywords : Ageing; elderly people; family; community; caregiving; old people’s home; social care.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The Elderly people in Zambia face numerous challenges resulting from high poverty levels, stigma, and social exclusion, poor service provision in old people's homes, and lack of proper care and support from family and the public. In addition, changes in population ageing have also resulted in increased longevity affecting the obligatory responsibilities of the state and the family to meet individual needs in caregiving adequately. READ MORE

3. 2. Libraries of Things: Exploring business model configurations and dominant archetypes

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Emily Silva; [2022]
   Keywords : libraries of things; sharing economy; social economy; business models; sustainable consumption; Business and Economics; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : As part of both the sharing and social economies, libraries of things (LoTs) can play a role in reducing consumption in a socially sustainable way. They have the potential to overcome key sustainability and service shortcomings of other circular and sharing business models (BMs), but research on LoTs is sparse. READ MORE

4. 3. Privatisation of elderly care: Differences in non-contractible quality

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Layal Chehadé; Karl Segersven; [2021]
   Keywords : Outsourcing; Social services; Incomplete contracts; Elderly care; Privatisation;

   Abstract : The privatisation of social services has been a subject of debate in Sweden since the neo-liberalist reforms enabled it in the 1990s. The main topic of discussion is whether private providers save costs to an extent where it degrades quality in the pursuit of shareholder value. READ MORE

5. 4. The Effect of Ownership on Reimbursement Incentives - Evidence From a 2016 Primary Care Reform in Stockholm County

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Axel Hellbom Almström; Klara Strömberg; [2021]
   Keywords : ownership; general practice; primary care; reimbursement; Stockholm;

   Abstract : Private care providers play an important role in Swedish healthcare provision, but their place in the Swedish welfare state remains a contentious issue. This study utilizes a difference-in-difference regression model and a 2016 reimbursement reform in Stockholm County to investigate how private ownership affects sensitivity to reimbursement incentive effects among primary care providers. READ MORE

6. 5. Open for whose benefit? Exploring assumptions, power relations and development paradigms framing the GIZ Open Resources Incubator (ORI) pilot for open voice data in Rwanda

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Daniel Brumund; [2020]
   Keywords : Big data; Open development; Datafication; Crowdsourcing; Rwanda;

   Abstract : Since February 2019, the Kigali-based start-up Digital Umuganda has been coordinating the crowdsourcing of the first openly available voice dataset for Rwanda’s official language Kinyarwanda. This process originated from a pilot project of the Open Resources Incubator (ORI), an emergent service designed by GIZ staff and the author as consultant. READ MORE