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End-of-life care accounts for 10% of health budget
April 14, 2015
A new study led by Dr. Peter Tanuseputro, a research fellow in Dr.
Doug Manuel
’s group, shows that Ontario spends $4.7 billion annually (approximately 10% of the health-care budget) on care in the last year of life. Inpatient hospital stays, which rise sharply in the last few months of life, are the biggest driver of costs, accounting for 43% of all funds spent on health care in the last year of life. This uniquely detailed analysis of 265,000 deaths was conducted through powerful
ICES
databases, which anonymously link many types of medical records for all Ontarians. The results support the desire of patients and health administrators to have better options for health care at home during the end of life. This study was published in
PLOS ONE
and was featured on the front page of the
National Post
, as well as in other newspapers such as the
Winnipeg Free Press
, Ottawa Citizen and Montreal Gazette.
Co-authors(s):
Walter P. Wodchis, Rob Fowler, Peter Walker, Yu Qing Bai, Sue E. Bronskill, Douglas Manuel
Funder(s):
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, The Ottawa Hospital Foundation
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Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
is the research arm of
The Ottawa Hospital
and is an affiliated institute of the
University of Ottawa
, closely associated with its faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences. The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute includes more than 1,700 scientists, clinical investigators, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and staff conducting research to improve the understanding, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human disease. Support our research. Give to the
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Jennifer Ganton
Director, Communications and Public Relations
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Office: 613-737-8899 x73325
Cell: 613-614-5253
jganton@ohri.ca