Search for dissertations about: "privatisation of social care"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words privatisation of social care.

  2. 1. Making a Market out of a Welfare State : Swedish Local Politicians’ Perspectives on Elderly Care Marketisation

    Author : Ming Guo; Sam Willner; Patrice Bourdelais; Maria Oskarsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Elderly care; Politicians; Preference; Welfare state; Marketisation; Privatisation; Sweden; Äldreomsorg; politiker; preferens; välfärdsstat; marknadsanpassning; privatisering; Sverige;

    Abstract : Market reforms have quite notably been used as a solution to increase the quality of public services and efficiency since the 1990s. Sweden has also introduced marketisation in the field of elderly care since 1992 to cope with increasing care needs while maintaining costs at a reasonable level. READ MORE

  4. 2. Work, psychosocial work environment and wellbeing among district nurses in the county of Stockholm, Sweden and in the county of Zagreb, Croatia

    Author : Stefanija Tholdy Doncevic; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Stress; psychosocial work environment; district nurses; Croatia; Sweden; reproduction; longitudinal study;

    Abstract : This thesis uses longitudinal and cross-sectional comparative studies to explore the relationship between work contents, psychosocial work environment and wellbeing among district nurses during periods of reorganisation of the primary health care in Sweden and during periods of peace and war in Croatia. The goal is to increase knowledge about psychosocial work environment and sources of stress among district nurses. READ MORE