Canadian Hospital Costs and Productivity

This study provides a new and comprehensive view of the changes in theCanadian hospital sector since its services came to be insured under theHospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act of 1957. The main thrust ofthis study is to measure costs and productivity in the hospital sector at adetailed level, to examine the changes that have occurred over the years, toexplore the provincial variations, and to isolate some of the major factorsthat impact costs and productivity in hospital care.