Conclusion: The present and future of social service marketisation

Stebbing, Adam; Meagher, Gabrielle

doi:10.22459/dssm.2022.10

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“…Similarly to the situation in GB, internationally scholars have explained the expansion of for-profit social welfare providers through macroeconomic goals of reducing budgetary deficits, driving cost-saving public sector reforms [57,58]. The rise of for-profit provision is also associated with New Public Management policies and popular ideas about the importance of consumer choice, competition, and attracting private capital for ensuring high-quality provision, diversity, and efficiency, along with legal changes allowing forprofit companies into the market [3,5,59]. The rise of for-profit hospitals in the USA, UK, the Netherlands, and Germany was shown to be linked to improved access to state subsidies and reimbursement by the state [60].…”

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Charting the 21st Century Rise of For-Profit Residential Child Care

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Ulybina,

Holmes

2024

Youth

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This article explores the increasing prevalence of for-profit residential care, with a particular focus on Great Britain, while also drawing on the international evidence from the Global North. Comprising a critical review of the published evidence (both academic and grey literature), the article seeks to examine what might explain the rising prevalence of and the possible associated impacts of the increase in for-profit provision. The findings indicate that the rise of for profit-companies among residential child care providers appears to have occurred by default, rather than explicit policy design. Our analysis also highlights gaps in the knowledge base about the quality of care and whether better quality is associated with the type of provider. Furthermore, the relationships between provider, quality, cost and outcomes are unclear. There are inconsistencies in the evidence base, with different conclusions being reached. However, available evidence tends to suggest the increased prevalence of for-profit residential child care providers has had an overall negative, rather than positive, effect. The best case in favour of the continued use of for-profit residential care is currently a non-moral pragmatic one: that in countries with medium and high prevalence of the use of residential child care, it would be hard to sustain care systems if for-profit providers were to suddenly withdraw or be withdrawn.

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