Large Variations In How Long Admitted Patients Wait In Emergency Rooms For Hospital Beds, Canada

Most patients admitted to an acute care hospital for reasons other than childbirth come through Canada’s emergency departments (60% outside Quebec), and the length of time these patients wait for hospital beds varies greatly, according to a new report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). The report found that in 2005, half of all patients admitted to hospital through Canada’s emergency departments (EDs) waited 1. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Public Health on October 20th, 2007