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• May 23, 2013
  

  Fewer people could be hospitalized for injuries resulting from suicidal and self-harming behaviour if social disparities reduced
  

  More than 18,400 Canadians, or about 67 per 100,000, were hospitalized for self-injury in 2011–2012, and a new report shows that this number could potentially be significantly reduced.

• May 14, 2013
  

  Publicly funded health care reduces income gap
  

  Public funding of health care has a redistributive effect on the incomes of Canadians, but this is reduced when a life course perspective is considered,

• April 30, 2013
  

  Hospital services for cancer patients nearing death vary across Canada
  

  The number of cancer patients who die in acute care hospitals varies across Canada.

• April 11, 2013
  

  Growth in drug spending continues to slow
  

  Spending on drugs continues to rise but at a much slower annual growth rate—3.3%, the lowest in 16 years—reveals the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).

• March 22, 2013
  

  Seniors five times more likely to be hospitalized for adverse drug reactions
  

  One in 200 seniors was hospitalized because of an adverse drug reaction (ADR) in 2010–2011, compared with 1 in 1,000 of all other Canadians. This translates to approximately 27,000 people age 65 and older.

• March 19, 2013
  

  More patients getting surgery, but wait times not improving
  

  In 2012, more than 538,000 Canadians had priority surgical procedures and specialized treatments, according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). That’s more procedures than have been performed in any other year in Canada and an increase of nearly 21,000 over 2011.

• March 6, 2013
  

  Updated hospital performance data available
  

  Updated Canadian Hospital Reporting Project (CHRP) hospital performance data is now available from the CHRP web tool.

• February 28, 2013
  

  Most hospitalizations from traffic collisions happen during the late afternoon and evening
  

  In 2010–2011, 3,927 drivers were admitted to hospital between 4 p.m. and midnight after collisions on public roads, regardless of season or day of the week.

• February 21, 2013
  

  2011 data on induced abortions in Canada now available
  

  The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) is releasing new data on induced abortions for 2011

• February 14, 2013
  

  New Look and Feel for CIHI’s Web Conferences
  

  CIHI is changing web conference providers. Starting this March, Adobe Connect will be used for all CIHI web conferences. Many of the features and functions that you have grown accustomed to will remain the same; however, you will follow different steps to use them with the new interface. CIHI Education staff and presenters will help ease you through this transition.