Reducing the quality risk of elderly care services in government procurement from market-oriented private providers through ex ante policy design: lessons from the principal-agent theory analysis
Abstract Background Government procurement of elderly care services from market-oriented private providers has become an important way to respond to the growing demands of elderly care. However, the government cannot accurately identify the actual quality efforts of these providers, and the governme...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05994-w |