LTC Homes and Accreditation P2 - Considering Scenarios
Channel: tcmc Quality Management Services
Date: 2014-07-30

This is the 2nd  of two presentations looking at accreditation and LTC Homes in Ontario.
In Part 1 we looked at the results of a statistical analysis of data from 82 long-term care homes in two Local Health Integration Network regions, or LHINs, in Ontario, Canada, namely the Central and the Toronto Central LHIN regions.
The statistical analysis of weighted averages showed accredited homes in a less favourable light than homes without accreditation.
This presentation, Part 2, speculates on possible explanations for what might seem to be a counter-intuitive outcome.
The role of low or high need for accreditation is postulated.
Finally, there is a challenge to examine possibly dubious assumptions and related expectations.