title: Comparing Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Rehabilitation Professionals among Hospital and Home Care Employers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to compare hospital and home care employers' rankings of both the importance and the feasibility of workforce strategies for recruiting and retaining rehabilitation professionals.
  
  
  METHODS
  An online self-administered questionnaire was distributed to all employers of rehabilitation professionals in Ontario hospitals (n=144) and Community Care Access Centre home care providers (n=34). Importance and feasibility rankings were based on the percentage of high ratings; 95% CIs were used to determine significant differences between hospital and home care rankings of recruitment and retention strategies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The response rate was 50% (72/144) from hospitals and 73.5% (25/34) from home-care settings. The recruitment and retention strategies considered most important and feasible for rehabilitation therapists, regardless of setting, were communication between employer and worker, compensation packages, access to research, and professional development in budget planning. Tangible resources, support personnel, work safety, and marketing rehabilitation careers to high school students were ranked significantly higher by hospitals than by home care providers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Similarities exist between hospital and home care employers in terms of the importance and feasibility of recruitment and retention strategies for rehabilitation professionals. However, when developing a rehabilitation health human resources plan, the strategies identified as different between hospital and home care settings should be taken into account.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto.
authors.forename: Diem
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Aileen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McGillis Hall
authors.forename: Susan B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Jaglal
keywords: health manpower; home care services; personnel selection; rehabilitation