Nowhere Else to Go: Why Canadians Are Ending Up in Emergency Departments
Each year, there are over 15 million visits to emergency departments across Canada. But new CIHI data shows that 15% of these — that’s 1 in 7 — could potentially have been treated by a doctor or nurse practitioner in primary care. While ED doctors don’t want to discourage anyone from going to emergency, they do acknowledge that this statistic highlights the crisis in primary care happening in Canada. This episode is available in English only.
Canadian Health Information Podcast · Dr. Howard Ovens, Shelley Petit, Kevin O'Keefe, Avis Favaro, Heather Balmain
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