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Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of death in Canada and early detection can prevent deaths through screening. However, CRC screening in Alberta, Canada remains suboptimal and varies by sociodemographic and health system ...
Geneviève Jessiman-Perreault +9 more
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Outsourcing Public Services to the Social Services System
Goals and objectives. The article is devoted to the issue of modernizing the Russian sphere of providing public social services to the population with a social service system using outsourcing technology. The problems inherent in traditional industry of
I. S. Orlova, G. M. Tsinchenko
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Public-interest services revisited [PDF]
The provision of utilities for all at an affordable price has long been regarded as a prerequisite for everyday life, generally guaranteed by the state. But in recent years, publicly owned utilities throughout Europe have come under increasing fire for their poor performance--their lack of productive efficiency, their failure to identify consumer ...
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Response probabilities and response-mode preferences in a self-administered survey
Objective Response rates in surveys continue to fall, and electronic online versions are increasingly replacing paper questionnaires in order to save costs and time. This can influence the composition of the respondent group in surveys. Using data from a
Ingeborg Strømseng Sjetne +3 more
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AbstractThis essay discusses the merits of public intervention in the provision of television broadcasting services. I argue that intervention was justified in the past, when there were just a few channels and when advertising was the sole source of commercial funds.
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Public sector restructuring and regional development: the impact of compulsory competitive tendering in the UK [PDF]
This paper contributes to the analysis of contemporary public sector restructuring in the UK through an evaluation of the impact of the introduction of compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) for the provision of local public services.
Patterson, A., Pinch, P. L.
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Background Long-term sick leave is a serious concern in developed countries and the cost of sickness absence and disability benefits cause major challenges for both the individual and society as a whole. Despite an increasing body of research reported by
Alexander Tingulstad +4 more
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Coproduction of Public Services
Contains fulltext : 247200.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
Verschuere, Bram +2 more
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Publics, politics and power: Remaking the public in public services
Challenges the notion that publicness and the public sphere is in decline, and analyses the emergence of new forms, sites and practices of publicness and the implications for public services.
Clarke, John, Newman, Janet
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Development of the City Public Service Model on the Basis of Integrated Transport Flow Indicators [PDF]
The problem of modeling public services based on architectural and planning decisions is considered, the role of traffic in the formation of a model of city services is analyzed. An integrated criterion for the quality of public services is proposed.
Golik, J. (Jolana) +5 more
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