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International Journal of Social Welfare > 24 > 4 > 324 - 334
The study analysed views on poverty among Finnish frontline workers in three welfare sector institutions. Two different institutional logics, universal and selective, and two sectors, the public and the voluntary, were represented. A nationwide survey among social security officials, municipal social workers and diaconal workers was utilised (N = 2,124). The methods applied included factor analysis,...
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Wireless technology has been developing fast for years and is spreading to new areas of everyday life. One of the newest areas is healthcare and welfare sector where it can be a significant way to save costs and improve existing procedures. The coming years are going to be challenging as the population, in the developed countries especially, is aging fast and more patients are going to need treatment...
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Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics) > 2010 > 58 > 3 > 221-236
The aim of the paper is to analyse the development of efficiency and productivity in the provision of public welfare services of the Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) over the period 1997-2006. Efficiency scores are estimated applying data envelopment analysis (DEA), which is particularly suitable for the public services. Then, Malmquist index is calculated to separate productivity and...
