Search

The article discusses the features of purchase of service contracting (POSC) in England and its comparison with the U.S. in the field of personal social services. It examines the financial data about POSC and categorising it through simple typology. It presents the three particular topics, which are: public agencies' decision to contract out, the management and monitoring of POSC, and policy issues such as the alleged conflict among the public accountability and the autonomy of voluntary organisations. It also presents the kind of research agenda that undertook before making decisive judgment about the strategic instrument of social policy in POSC.

Focuses on the health care system of the United States. Allocation of a percent in the gross national product for care and treatment of citizens; Efforts of the JAMA publication; Comparison of the British health care system.