Levelling the playing field? Exploring the implications of managed competition for voluntary sector providers of long-term care in small town Ontario

Health and Place

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-109

  Cloutier Fisher, Denise ^a   Skinner, Mark W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Elderly population; Health care restructuring; Managed competition; Public service provision; Rural and small town; Voluntary sector

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; SERVICE PROVISION;

CANADA; COMPETITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27144521666     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2004.10.012     Document Type: Article

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