Worlds apart? Public, private and non-profit sector providers of domiciliary care for older persons in Ireland

Domiciliary Care Providers in the Independent Sector

the impact of e-readiness on ec success in public sector in iran the impact of e-readiness on ec success in public sector in iran

acknowledge the importance of e-commerce to their countries and to survival of their businesses and in creating and encouraging an atmosphere for the wide adoption and success of e-commerce in the long term. the investment for implementing e-commerce in the public sector is one of the areas which is focused in government‘s action plan for cross-disciplinary it development and e-readiness in go...

Contracting private sector providers for public sector health services in Jalisco, Mexico: perspectives of system actors

INTRODUCTION Contracting out health services is a strategy that many health systems in the developing world are following, despite the lack of decisive evidence that this is the best way to improve quality, increase efficiency and expand coverage. A large body of literature has appeared in recent years focusing on the results of several contracting strategies, but very few papers have addressed...

Public stewardship of private for-profit healthcare providers in low- and middle-income countries

BACKGROUND Governments use different approaches to ensure that private for-profit healthcare services meet certain quality standards. Such government guidance, referred to as public stewardship, encompasses government policies, regulatory mechanisms, and implementation strategies for ensuring accountability in the delivery of services. However, the effectiveness of these strategies in low- and ...

Non-State Providers and Public- Private-Community Partnerships in Education