Quality and Safety in Long-Term Care in Ontario: The Impact of Language Discordance.

Objectives: This study compared quality indicators across linguistic groups and sought to determine whether disparities are influenced by resident-facility language discordance in long-term care.

Design: Population-based retrospective cohort study using linked databases.

Setting And Participants: Retrospective cohort of newly admitted residents of long-term care facilities in Ontario, Canada, between 2010 and 2016 (N=47,727).