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Navigating the marketisation of community aged care services in rural Australia
Hodgkin, Suzanne Savy, Pauline Clune, Samantha Mahoney, Anne-Marie
Hodgkin, Suzanne
Savy, Pauline
Clune, Samantha
Mahoney, Anne-Marie
Abstract
The aged care policies of many Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries reflect free-market principles. In Australia, the recently introduced Consumer Directed Care programme centres on markets in which a range of organisations compete to provide services to community-living elders. As consumers, older people are allocated government funding with which they select and purchase items from their chosen service organisation. This article presents findings from a case study that explored the impacts of this programme on a group of rurally based, not-for-profit providers and consumers. The findings portray the challenges and advantages associated with providing and accessing services in limited rural markets.
Keywords
consumer directed care, marketisation, aged care policy, rurality
Date
2020
Type
Journal article
Journal
International Journal of Care and Caring
Book
Volume
4
Issue
3
Page Range
377-393
Article Number
ACU Department
School of Allied Health
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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All rights reserved
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