Assessing the impact of the 1993 acute care funding cuts to Saskatchewan hospitals
Health Services Utilization and Research Commission
Record ID 31999009744
English
Authors' objectives:
This report aims to determine how the acute care funding cuts to rural Saskatchewan hospitals in 1993 affected rural residents and their communities.
Authors' recommendations:
This study found that the funding cuts did not adversely affect rural residents' health status or their access to health services. Despite widespread fears that health status would decline, residents in these communities reported that the loss of acute care funding did not adversely affect their own health. It found however, that rural residents were not satisfied with current health services and were concerned about the availability of physician and emergency response services in their communities. Although some communities continue to struggle with changes to health care delivery, others appear to have adapted as a result of strong community leadership, the development of widely accepted alternative services and local support for creating innovative solutions.
Making major changes successfully in health care delivery requires both creating and sustaining community understanding. Providing ongoing, relevant information, continually involving community members, and using transparent communication process may not be sufficient means to this end; they are, however, necessary.
Authors' methods:
Overview
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.hqc.sk.ca/resources.html
Year Published:
1999
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Canada
MeSH Terms
- Acute Disease
- Financing, Government
- Rural Health
- Rural Population
Contact
Organisation Name:
Health Services Utilization and Research Commission
Contact Address:
Health Services Utilization and Research Committee Box 46, 103 Hospital Drive, Saskatoon SK S7N 0W8, Canada Tel: (306) 655-1500, Fax: (306) 655-1462
Contact Name:
nisbetb@sdh.sk.ac. This organisation is now closed. Please see the Health Quality Council (HQC) website for further information at: http://www.hqc.sk.ca/.
Contact Email:
nisbetb@sdh.sk.ac. This organisation is now closed. Please see the Health Quality Council (HQC) website for further information at: http://www.hqc.sk.ca/.
Copyright:
Health Services Utilization and Research Commission
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