Bob Bell
@drbobbell
Former surgeon and health system leader. Current grandpa. Advocate for universal, sustainable and excellent care that will be there for our grandchildren.
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https://drbobbell.com 22-12-2018 17:41:09
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TY John Malcolm
Your view certainly agrees with the surgery literature which demonstrates faster throughput in community operating rooms versus in-hospital ORs.
To be clear, community ORs should still be managed not-for-profit- ideally by a hospital.
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Important article by Elizabeth Payne regarding inter-provincial for-profit surgery.
Jean-Yves Duclos should examine this loophole in the Canada Health Act.
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Bob Bell National Institute on Ageing π¨π¦ Samir Sinha Interesting read, thanks for posting Bob.
Excellent review of seniors care in Oz & useful comparisons to π¨π¦ from National Institute on Ageing π¨π¦ & Samir Sinha team.
Occupancy in π¦πΊ LTC is only 85%. More seniors are institutionalized than in π¨π¦- but ALC rates in acute care are lower in π¦πΊ.
Well worth a read.
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BC got it right, its Court of Appeal got it right & now the Supreme of Canada got it right. Canadians want universal #healthcare . If any government violates the #CanadaHealthAct , a class action law suit by a team of lawyers from every political stripe is necessary. plsrt!l
π¨π¦ needs to move surgeries to community centres- shown safe & β¬οΈes patient volumes by 25-30%.
NFP surgery centre goal is: β¬οΈ quality & β¬οΈ cost.
For-profit surgery centre goal is: β¬οΈ profit.
Why pay more to FP centres when we can have NFP centres?
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Agree that about 50% of surgery needs to move out of hospitals into community Ramunas Saplys - with Orthopaedics leading the way.
But these community centres should be not-for-profit. Otherwise both taxpayers and patients will lose.