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KMID : 0614420110390010029
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Mental Health & Social Work
2011 Volume.39 No. 1 p.29 ~ p.60
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A Case Study on the Purchase of Problem Gambling Prevention and Treatment Service Contract Policies of Ontario and Victoria
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Kim Moon-Geun
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to analyse the purchase of problem gambling prevention and treatment service policies of Ontario and Victoria. For this purpose the author developed an analysis tool based on literature reviews. To analyse the purchase of problem gambling prevention and treatment service contract policies the author thoroughly researched lots of governments publications and put the details of contracts policies in order based on the analysing tool.
Two states share common features in such as financial sources, service targets, the contexts of introduction of the purchase of service contracts, collaborative relationship between government and private contractors. Above all, the two states pursue collaborative relationship before and after contracting. But these collaborative relationship does not mean the loosening of monitoring. In Victoria the government collaborate with private contractors to monitor thoroughly the provision of problem gambling prevention and treatment services. But two states are different in contract types, government’s role in defining services, monitoring process and funding system. Overall, Victoria is more developed than Ontario in the purchase of problem gambling prevention and treatment service contract policies. Victorian government has developed detailed service standards, unit cost funding system and monitoring system. The author suggested several things for the government’s purchase of problem gambling prevention and treatment services based on the findings. Above all, the government needs to improve professionality in problem gambling prevention and treatment services. Secondly, the governments should be cautious about balancing between competition strategy and cooperation strategy. Thirdly, the governments has to develop contract models, service standards and monitoring systems. Fourthly, the government needs
to consider different model of purchase of service contract other than single master contract by which government transfers the private contractor most of the duties and rights in operating service center with block grants. This study has limitations in that it is based on literature analyses without examining the practice of the purchase of service contracts in both states.
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KEYWORD
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problem gambling prevention and treatment service, purchase of service contract, Ontario, Victoria
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