The growth in CCACs has been attributed to the increased demand for home care and decreased health-care funding. According to Carol Kushner, a health policy analyst in Toronto, the big issue regarding CCACs is funding distribution.
Hospitals get all the funding but home care gets all the patients.
There are different funding priorities for home care versus nursing homes. CCACs are suppose to explore all community options but the problem is that instead of exploring all the options, people are being put in facilities simply because there's funding available, which will definitely compromise health care in the long run. We have to learn to work together to address these concerns. And issues of underserviced areas due to a lack of sufficient physician distribution is a complex problem. Kushner said new payment mechanisms should be introduced to reflect changing health-care needs.