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Continuum of care

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ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨collects data across many sectors of care to build a pan-Canadian view of continuity of care. Data covering the continuum of care includes transitions and wait times from one health care sector to another. This includes continuity for a patient as they move across multiple and different care providers, procedures, care facilities and treatments. 

ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨explains how different components of the health care system work together such as readmissions, rehabilitation, home care, long-term care and palliative care. ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨also answers questions on topics such as how well and how often patients transition between services. 

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Continuum of care: Reports and releases

Continuum of care: Reports and releases kathschach

This page lists continuum of care reports, stories, infographics and release summaries.

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Access to care remains challenging

This infographic highlights how Canada compares with 9 other countries on access to care in the 2022 Commonwealth Fund survey of primary care physicians.

Commonwealth Fund survey, 2022

​The 2022 Commonwealth Fund survey polled family doctors in Canada and 9 other developed countries and provides insight into the current gaps and improvements in primary care.

Access to palliative care in Canada

Access to palliative care has improved in Canada, but gaps remain. Read CIHI's latest report to see the status of palliative care in the home, and in community and hospital settings.

Access to Palliative Care in Canada, 2023 (PDF)

​​Access to palliative care has improved in Canada, but gaps remain. Read CIHI’s latest report on the status of palliative care in the home, and in community and hospital settings.

Overuse of tests and treatments in Canada

​Expanding on our 2017 report, this follow-up from ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨and Choosing Wisely Canada examines progress on overuse of 12 tests and treatments and provides insights for continued improvements.

Continuum of care: Data tables

Continuum of care: Data tables kathschach

This page lists data tables that provide information about the continuum of care.

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Long-Term Care Beds in Canada — Data Table (XLSX)

This data table provides information on the number of long-term care (LTC) homes and beds in Canada, and the number of LTC beds per 1,000 population age 65 and older.

Continuum of care: Indicators

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This page lists CIHI’s indicators related to the continuum of care.

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Repeat Hospital Stays for Mental ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ and Substance Use

This indicator measures the risk-adjusted percentage of individuals who had 3 or more episodes of care for mental health and substance use (MHSU) disorders among all those who had at least one episode of care for MHSU disorders in general or psychiatric…

Wait Times for Home Care Services

This indicator provides the median number of calendar days that clients waited for their first home care service. A low number is desirable for this indicator

Continuum of care: Tools

Continuum of care: Tools kathschach

This page lists CIHI’s performance reporting tools that contain continuum of care data.

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Continuum of care: News and podcasts

Continuum of care: News and podcasts kathschach

This page contains media releases, bulletins and podcast episodes about the continuum of care.

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Life After the Pandemic — Dr. Vivek Goel

In this English episode of the CHIP, we spoke with renowned public health expert Dr. Vivek Goel about what life may look like after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Becoming the Patient — Dr. Alex Mihailidis

In this English episode of the CHIP, we spoke to Dr. Alex Mihailidis from the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute about his experience recovering from an accident that landed him in his own facility.

Continuum of care: Education resources

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Through our Learning Centre, ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨provides opportunities for health professionals to understand our evolving reporting systems and the application of our standards, data and analytics. We offer many courses and resources for a variety of audiences, including clinicians, assessors, data submitters and analysts, decision-makers, policy planners and researchers.

Courses and resources are available in a variety of formats, including eLearning modules, PDF and page-based documents, live and recorded web conferences, and videos.

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