Efficiency in the provision of social care for older people. A three-stage Data Envelopment Analysis using self-reported quality of life |
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Institution: | 1. Health Insurance Policy Research Institute, National Health Insurance Service, Wonju, South Korea;2. Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Ajou University School of Medicine, 164 World cup-ro, Youngtong-gu, Suwon 16499, South Korea. |
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Abstract: | Using a three-stage data envelopment analysis approach, this paper explores efficiency in the provision of social care for older people in 148 English Councils in 2009/10. Departing from D'Amico and Fernández (2012) 31] our measure of efficiency is inscribed within the production of welfare framework and based on self-reported quality of life of recipients of the services. Our results indicate a high level of efficiency, but once we control for the effects of a number of environmental variables, we found that more stringent eligibility criteria and higher assessment costs are negatively associated with the efficiency in the provision of social services. |
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Keywords: | Production of welfare Efficiency Social care Ageing Data Envelopment Analysis Double bootstrap |
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