Journal article
Market-Modelled Home Care: Impact on Job Satisfaction and Propensity to Leave
Abstract
Responding to increasing health-care costs, deficit financing and the aging of the population, many OECD nations are exploring new cost-efficient health-care models. One such model, designed to manage the home-based health-care system through the application of quasi-market principles has been adopted by the province of Ontario. Findings from a case study of 835 Ontario home-care workers indicate that a market-modelled approach to health-care …
Authors
Denton M; Zeytinoglu I; Kusch K; Davies S
Journal
Canadian Public Policy, Vol. 33, No. Supplement 1, pp. s81–s99
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Publication Date
January 1, 2007
DOI
10.3138/g551-755v-12w7-2551
ISSN
0317-0861