Issues of economic efficiency of human service delivery in Australia
Article
Article Title | Issues of economic efficiency of human service delivery in Australia |
---|---|
ERA Journal ID | 35942 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Alam, Khorshed (Author) and Robb, Walter (Author) |
Journal Title | International Review of Business Research Papers |
Journal Citation | 5 (2), pp. 52-61 |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2009 |
Place of Publication | Melbourne, Australia |
ISSN | 1832-9543 |
1837-5685 | |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.bizresearchpapers.com/4%5B1%5D.%20Khorshed.pdf |
Abstract | Since the 1980s, public sector reforms that reflect the desire to improve the efficiency of the human service sector and improve service outcomes have effected a significant change in the delivery of human services in Australia. There is an increasing recognition that market mechanisms should influence both the production and distribution of most services, if not all. Parallel to this move towards dependency on markets, a new wave of human services reforms has emerged in different States and Territories in Australia in the form of contracting, provision through non-government organisations and partnership with local governments. An important part of this reform is the emphasis on efficient resource allocation. This paper briefly describes the resultant models of government investment in human service delivery in Australia, describes methods for economic evaluation appropriate to human services,documents the existing literature on the application of economic evaluation and comments on progress to date in using economic evaluation for resource allocation. |
Keywords | cost-benefit analysis; cost-effectiveness; human services; resource allocation |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440902. Counselling, wellbeing and community services |
380114. Public economics - publicly provided goods | |
350503. Human resources management | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Accounting, Economics and Finance |
Eidos Institute, Australia |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9z589/issues-of-economic-efficiency-of-human-service-delivery-in-australia
Download files
2271
total views480
total downloads0
views this month0
downloads this month