Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1049072 | Health & Place | 2006 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
This paper considers how long-term care restructuring, under the rubric of managed competition, has increased pressure on voluntary sector providers of long-term care to elderly populations in small, rural places. Drawing on in-depth interviews with key-informants from non-profit organizations, we present a case study set in rural Ontario to develop a situated understanding of the impact of restructuring on voluntary sector providers of long-term care. We contend that managed competition (underway in Ontario since 1995) has constrained providers, eroded service choices, and reduced access to long-term care in rural areas leaving rural populations more disadvantaged than ever before when it comes to public service provisioning.
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Authors
Denise Cloutier-Fisher, Mark W. Skinner,