The development of Quasi-Vouchers in Australia's community services
By: LYONS, Mark
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ArticlePublisher: UK : Policy Press, apr. 1995Subject(s): ChinaPolicy & Politics 23, 2, p. 127-139Abstract: This article traces the development within Australia's community services of a method of government support for some of these services which is best described as a quasi-voucher. The essential difference between quasi-vouchers and more conventional methods of support such as grants and contracts is that the support is focused on the consumer of services, not the provider. After a discussion of vouchers as a particular set of tools for government action, the development of such tools is described in four major Commonwealth government programmes: child care, nursing home care, disability services and home care. The emergence of quasi-vouchers is attributed to interaction within the bureaucracy rather than ministerial initiative and the possibility that they might be abandoned in favour of some other tool is assessed
This article traces the development within Australia's community services of a method of government support for some of these services which is best described as a quasi-voucher. The essential difference between quasi-vouchers and more conventional methods of support such as grants and contracts is that the support is focused on the consumer of services, not the provider. After a discussion of vouchers as a particular set of tools for government action, the development of such tools is described in four major Commonwealth government programmes: child care, nursing home care, disability services and home care. The emergence of quasi-vouchers is attributed to interaction within the bureaucracy rather than ministerial initiative and the possibility that they might be abandoned in favour of some other tool is assessed
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