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9 March 2007

Market-Modelled Home Care: Impact on Job Satisfaction and Propensity to Leave

Publication: Canadian Public Policy
Volume 33, Number Supplement 1

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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 restructuring may be leading to decreased levels of job satisfaction and a greater propensity to leave among workers in the home-care sector.

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Face à l'augmentation des coûts des soins de santé, à la nécessité de financer les déficits et au vieillissement de la population, plusieurs pays de l'OCDE explorent de nouveaux modèles de soins de santé économiques. L'Ontario a déjà adopté ce genre de modèle, pour gérer, sur la base des principes de quasi-marché, le système de soins à domicile. Les résultats de cette étude de cas, impliquant 835 travailleurs du domaine des soins à domicile, indiquent que choisir une approche de marché pour restructurer l'organisation des soins de santé peut conduire, chez les travailleurs du domaine des soins à domicile, à une baisse du niveau de satisfaction à l'égard du travail et à une plus grande propension à abandonner leur emploi.

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Canadian Public Policy
Volume 33Number Supplement 1January 2007
Pages: S81 - S99

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Published in print: January 2007
Published online: 9 March 2007

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Gerontological Studies and Department of Sociology
Human Resources and Management
Department of Sociology
Gerontological Studies

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Margaret Denton, Isik Zeytinoglu, Karen Kusch, and Sharon Davies
Canadian Public Policy 2007 33:Supplement 1, S81-S99

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