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Full list of author information is available at the end of the articleBackground Internationally, there has been increased emphasis on improving the quality of care in continuing care settings (that is, home care, supportive living, and facility-based long-term care) [1-3]. There has also been an emphasis on unregulated care providers ’ role in delivering high quality care in long-term care (LTC) settings [4,5]. Audit with feedback is a quality improvement approach that is moderately effective for improving regulated professional practice in several health care settings [6,7]. However, little is known about how unregulated care providers understand and perceive feedback reports in LTC set-tings. The purpose of this paper is to explore the per-ception of audit with feedback reports by unregulated providers in LTC settings