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Hospitals fear funding cuts after ERs hit hard by flu season
The Canadian Press
Date: Sunday Mar. 27, 2011 6:38 AM ET
Excerpt:
"I have heard from some hospitals their concern about whether they would potentially be clawed back under some of these performance schemes as a result of not being able to meet their targets due to the fact that it was an exceptionally challenging flu season," he said.
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One in 10 patients admitted through the emergency department waited longer than 38.5 hours for a hospital bed in January, up from 35 hours in December. Part of the reason for that was the flu, said Closson.
Most experts weren't expecting the flu to hit as hard as it did in Ontario, which has recorded more than 5,200 laboratory-confirmed cases this season. That's almost triple the 1,791 cases seen in the last non-pandemic year in 2008-2009. The H1N1 pandemic dominated the health care scene a year ago.
"People were anticipating that after a pandemic we would have hardly any cases at all," said Dr. David Williams, Ontario's associate chief medical officer of health. "That hasn't been the case."
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http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/lo...ait-times-110327/20110327/?hub=TorontoNewHome
The Canadian Press
Date: Sunday Mar. 27, 2011 6:38 AM ET
Excerpt:
"I have heard from some hospitals their concern about whether they would potentially be clawed back under some of these performance schemes as a result of not being able to meet their targets due to the fact that it was an exceptionally challenging flu season," he said.
...
One in 10 patients admitted through the emergency department waited longer than 38.5 hours for a hospital bed in January, up from 35 hours in December. Part of the reason for that was the flu, said Closson.
Most experts weren't expecting the flu to hit as hard as it did in Ontario, which has recorded more than 5,200 laboratory-confirmed cases this season. That's almost triple the 1,791 cases seen in the last non-pandemic year in 2008-2009. The H1N1 pandemic dominated the health care scene a year ago.
"People were anticipating that after a pandemic we would have hardly any cases at all," said Dr. David Williams, Ontario's associate chief medical officer of health. "That hasn't been the case."
Full text:
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/lo...ait-times-110327/20110327/?hub=TorontoNewHome