An Assessment of the Potential for Repatriating Care From Urban to Rural Manitoba
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9099326 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charlyn Black (0000-0002-2764-3247, Manitoba Health, corresponding author), Charles Burchill (Manitoba Health) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | SUPPLEMENT |
| Pages | JS167-JS186 |
| Publication date | 1999-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-199906001-00015 |
| PMID | 10409008 |
| OpenAlex | W2325090205 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
OBJECTIVES: Following the closure of Manitoba hospital beds, the Manitoba government adopted a strategy of shifting hospital care from more expensive urban hospitals to less expensive rural facilities. With this project, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation (MCHPE) studied the implications of the stated policy of "repatriation." RESEARCH DESIGN: The project first involved examining population-based patterns of hospital utilization to define hospital service areas for 10 large rural hospitals. Three different hospital service area definitions were developed for use in sensitivity testing. Rates of overall use of hospital services, indicators of need for health care, and patterns of use of urban facilities are compared for these hospital service areas. Using a large rural hospital as a benchmark, patterns of adult surgical, adult medical, pediatric, and obstetric care were examined for the hospital service areas. Number and percent of cases provided by the index hospital and by urban hospitals were compared, to assess the feasibility and the potential impact of redirection of care to the benchmark level. CONCLUSIONS: Although in theory a significant percentage of care delivered to rural residents by Winnipeg hospitals might be redirected to rural institutions, the project raised issues of feasibility. Moreover, it identified that most of the redirected cases could be accommodated within existing capacity
Business · Economic growth · Environmental health · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Health care · Hospital care · Medical emergency · Population · Repatriation · Rural area · Service (business) · Global Health Workforce Issues · Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism · Medicine · Primary Care and Health Outcomes
A Comparative Study of the Costliness of Manitoba Hospitals
Using Population-Based Data to Enhance Clinical Practice Guideline Development
Managing Health Services
The Population Health Information System
Monitoring the Impact of Hospital Downsizing on Access to Care and Quality of Care
Utilization of Hospital Resources
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2004 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |