Long-Term Care during COVID-19: A Special Look under the Hood

Long-term care (LTC) is an OFT-overlooked critical component of provinces' health and social care systems. Its residents have borne a disproportionate share of the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare Policy believes that rules, regulations, policies and health system delivery f...

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Published inHealthcare policy Vol. 17; no. SP; pp. 6 - 7
Main Author Sutherland, Jason M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
French
Published Canada Longwoods Publishing 01.06.2022
Longwoods Publishing Corporation
Subjects
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Health Policy
Humans
Long term health care
Long-Term Care
Pandemics
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Summary:Long-term care (LTC) is an OFT-overlooked critical component of provinces' health and social care systems. Its residents have borne a disproportionate share of the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare Policy believes that rules, regulations, policies and health system delivery factors that were associated with excess mortality and poor health and social outcomes in LTC should be closely examined so that the recent mistakes made in that sector can be avoided in the future.
ISSN:1715-6572
1715-6580
DOI:10.12927/hcpol.2022.26859