Efficiency: Reports and releases

With this series of products, we want to better understand how Canada’s seniors transition from living independently to receiving continuing care services.

Is residential care the right setting? About 1 in 5 seniors admitted to residential care have needs similar to those of individuals supported in the community. 

In this qualitative case study, decision-makers from 2 provinces -- British Columbia and Nova Scotia -- reflect on the main actions they have taken and the challenges they face in improving health system efficiency.

An estimation of efficiency at the regional level and examination of factors related to variations in health system efficiency.

This study measures health system efficiency in Canada to gain insight into factors that help explain variations in efficiency at the health region level. 

This report defines a model for measuring health system efficiency that was informed by consultations and deliberation with senior federal, provincial and territorial health system stakeholders conducted by the Centre for Health Economics and Policy…

This document provides comprehensive information about the data sources available at the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) and Statistics Canada that can be used for analyzing health system efficiency.

The Cost of Hospital Stays: Why Costs Vary provides information about how certain factors can affect average costs of hospital stays for typical patients