Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) hospital data indicates big changes in hospital activity, particularly in the most recent four years reported. Ontario, especially, is experimenting with hospital cuts and restructuring. Hospital inpatient days are now dropping rapidly in Ontario – with a drop of 13.4% in inpatient days
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Defend Public Healthcare: Hospital worker sick leave: too much or too little?
Ontario hospital workers are much less absent due to illness or disability than hospital workers Canada-wide. In 2014, Ontario hospital workers were absent 10.2 days due to illness or disability, 2.9 days less than the Canada wide average – i.e. 22% less. In fact, Ontario hospital workers have had consistently fewer sick
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