LTC Homes and Accreditation P1 - Statistical Comparison
Channel: tcmc Quality Management Services
Date: 2014-07-30

The first of a 2-part presentation. 
Abstract: This first presentation looks at the results of a statistical analysis of data derived from long-term care homes in two Local Health Integration Network regions, or LHINs, in Ontario, Canada.
Specifically, a weighted average of a count of inspections by the Ontario MOHLTC over the 3-year period 2011-2013 is calculated for each nursing home in the two LHINs. Averages for accredited homes are compared with those for homes which were not accredited at the time of the analysis in March, 2014. The computed averages show accredited homes in a less favourable light than homes without accreditation.
Part 2 looks at some possible explanations.