Long-term care goes to market: Managed competition and Ontario's reform of community-based services

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-153

  Williams, A Paul ^a   Barnsley, Jan ^a   Leggat, Sandra ^a   Deber, Raisa ^a   Baranek, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Community Care Access Centres; Community Based Care; Long Term Care; Managed Competition; Ontario; Reform

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; LONG TERM CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

GOES;

EID: 0032766450     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0714980800009752     Document Type: Review

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