The Lifetime Cost of Spinal Cord Injury in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Study from the Perspective of the Public Health Care Payer
2018
To determine the publicly funded health care system lifetime cost-of-illness of spinal cord injury (SCI) from the perspective of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care.
Lifetime Cost of Chronic Ulcers Requiring Hospitalization in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Study
2018
Abstract Objective To determine the lifetime cost-of-illness of chronic ulcers from the perspective of the Ontario public health care payer. Methods We calculated health care costs for a cohort of individuals hospitalized for a diabetic foot ulcer, pressure ulcer or […]
Direct Medical Costs of Motorcycle Crashes in Ontario
2017
BACKGROUND: There is no reliable estimate of costs incurred by motorcycle crashes. Our objective was to calculate the direct costs of all publicly funded medical care provided to individuals after motorcycle crashes compared with automobile crashes. METHODS: We conducted a […]
Costs of Health Care Across Primary Care Models in Ontario
2017
Background The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between newly introduced primary care models in Ontario, Canada, and patients’ primary care and total health care costs. A specific focus is on the payment mechanisms for primary care […]
High Cost Users of Health Care Among Adults With Developmental Disabilities
2017
The Health Care Access Research and Developmental Disabilities Program (H-CARDD) has studied the health service use of over 66,000 adults with developmental disabilities and demonstrated that they have more complex health profiles and are more likely to use hospital based […]
Assessing Value in Ontario Health Links. Part 5: Health System Performance Trends in Health Links Populations
2016
Ontario’s Health Links program was announced by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) in December 2012 as a provincial strategy to improve care coordination for patients with complex conditions and social needs. As of July 2016, there were […]
Who Are the High-Cost Users? A Method for Person-Centred Attribution of Health Care Spending
2016
Healthcare payers have traditionally focused on payments to providers within specific sectors such as acute, physician, pharmacy and other providers. Recently, there are renewed efforts to draw attention away from sector specific costs and focus on the characteristics of individuals […]
Cost Trajectories for Cancer Patients
2016
Background Health care spending is known to be highly skewed, with a small subset of the population consuming a disproportionate amount of health care resources. Patients with cancer are high-cost users because of high incremental health care costs for treatment […]
Cost of Public Health Services for Ontario Residents Injured as a Result of a Motor Vehicle Accident
2016
In accordance with the Ontario Insurance Act, the Lieutenant Governor in Council has the legal authority to recover certain health care costs incurred by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) in treating individuals injured in automobile accidents that […]
Projection of Health Care Costs in the Last Year of Life Among Canadians From 2015 to 2030
2015