sept 19th Flashcards
1
Q
what causes wait times?
A
- demand for care
- outstretch supply
2
Q
how many Canadians who wanted help for their mental health concerns received services
A
less than half
3
Q
what is the most important issue in our healthcare system
A
wait times (43%)
4
Q
ontario wait time strategy 2004
A
- provides funding to hospitals to provide additional wait list surgeries, MRIs and CTs
- as a condition of funding, hospitals must supply and verify their wait times information to the wait times information system
5
Q
What are benchmarks?
A
Targets representing The maximum amount of time a patient should have to wait, beyond which evidence shows adverse health effects will likely occur
6
Q
alternative policy solutions for wait times?
A
- eliminate inappropriate tests and treatments
- recruit/increase pay for key human resources
- increase after hours care
- pay-for-performance
- activity based funding
- integrated funding models
- establish centralized intake of patients
7
Q
problems with for profit?
A
- might upsell
- ex. catarac lenses for a cost
- take staff from public hospitals
OHIP can pay private clinics more than hospitals
