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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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  • Iparraguirre, José Luis
  • Ma, Ruosi

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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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  • Iparraguirre, José Luis & Ma, Ruosi, 2015. "Efficiency in the provision of social care for older people. A three-stage Data Envelopment Analysis using self-reported quality of life," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 33-46.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:soceps:v:49:y:2015:i:c:p:33-46
    DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2014.10.001
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