Management methods of providers and determinants of supply in the EHPAD sector.

Summary In France, 75% of establishments specialized in the care of dependent persons are now EHPADs. Created with the aim of rationalizing the offer, this agent questions its capacity to be efficient. In this thesis, the behavior of EHPAD directors is analyzed in order to identify new levers for improving the performance of these institutions. The main hypothesis is that directors adopt alternative management practices, which can be explained by differences in their professional characteristics. An exploratory analysis confirmed the existence of a wide range of managerial behaviors. Statistical analyses conducted on the basis of an original survey matched to the EHPA survey made it possible to draw up a typology of managers' management methods and to highlight the importance of managers' training in explaining their management strategies in the field of human resources. These results open up new public policy perspectives for improving the efficiency of the sector.