Open AccessHome Care and Health Reform: Changes in Home Care Utilization in One Canadian Province, 1990-2000
Author(s) -
Margaret J. Penning,
M. E. Brackley,
Diane Allan
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/46.6.744
Subject(s) - health care , multivariate analysis , home health , population , nursing , nursing homes , medicine , gerontology , economic growth , environmental health , economics
This study examines population-based trends in home care service utilization, alone and in conjunction with hospitalizations, during a period of health reform in Canada. It focuses on the extent to which observed trends suggest enhanced community-based care relative to three competing hypotheses: cost-cutting, medicalization, and profitization.
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