Does regulating private long-term care facilities lead to better care? A study from Quebec, Canada | Zendy

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Does regulating private long-term care facilities lead to better care? A study from Quebec, Canada

Author(s) -

Gina Bravo,

MarieFrance Dubois,

Louis Demers,

Nicole Dubuc,

Derek R. Blanchette,

Kelly Painter,

Catherine Lestage,

Cinthia Corbin

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

international journal for quality in health care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.769

H-Index - 94

eISSN - 1464-3677

pISSN - 1353-4505

DOI - 10.1093/intqhc/mzu032

Subject(s) - accreditation , government (linguistics) , business , long term care , quality (philosophy) , private sector , environmental health , medicine , nursing , economic growth , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology , economics , medical education

In the province of Quebec, Canada, long-term residential care is provided by two types of facilities: publicly funded accredited facilities and privately owned facilities in which care is privately financed and delivered. Following evidence that private facilities were delivering inadequate care, the provincial government decided to regulate this industry. We assessed the impact of regulation on care quality by comparing quality assessments made before and after regulation. In both periods, public facilities served as a comparison group.

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