Background: Currently there is a lot of debate about the advantages and disadvantages of
for-profit health care delivery. We examined staffing ratios for direct-care and support staff in …

Objectives: This study investigated whether for-profit (FP) versus not-for-profit (NP) ownership
of long-term care facilities resulted in a difference in hospital admission and mortality rates …

… Marcy Cohen conceived the project and contributed to the writing and editing of the manuscript.
Catherine Stocks-Rankin contributed to the data collection and the writing and editing of …

Using findings from two studies conducted in British Columbia, Canada, that examined income
and employment supports for people with psychiatric disabilities we argue that economic …

prove care outcomes. Whatever the reason, however, any possible advantage of larger
administrative groupings does not appear to extend to for-profit facilities. Differences in staffing …

Since 2003, British Columbia has been the scene of the most sweeping privatization of
public health support services in Canadian history. This study examines the impact of this …

Care aides (CAs) and licensed practical nurses (LPNs) in intermediate care (IC) facilities
experience high risks of injury. Workload measures were examined in eight IC facilities to …

Banks and other financial firms have suffered great reputational damage and intense
regulatory and public scrutiny as an aftermath of the financial crisis. After the crisis, the most …

This article uses the concept of continuity of care to examine the implications of health-system
restructuring for workers and staff in the BC home support system. Home support primarily …

• In 1996/97, BC was 17 per cent above the national average in access to home health
services (home support and home care combined). By 2002/03, BC had fallen to third lowest in …