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A Methodology for Estimating Hospital Bed Need in Manitoba in 2020

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2010

Robert B. Tate ,
Leonard MacWilliam  and
Gregory S. Finlayson
Robert B. Tate*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Leonard MacWilliam
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Gregory S. Finlayson
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
*
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Abstract

A team of health researchers of the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy at the University of Manitoba was asked to forecast the number of acute care hospital beds that will be required to meet the needs of residents of the province of Manitoba by the year 2020. Methodological considerations for this request included identification of factors expected to affect bed use in the future, and how to account for these factors. The objective of this paper is to describe these methodological considerations, how decisions were made, and steps taken in our approach to this problem. The actual projections and their implications are the subject of another contribution in this issue of the journal (Finlayson, Stewart, Tate, MacWilliam & Roos, 2005).

Résumé

Une équipe de chercheurs du Manitoba Centre for Health Policy de l'université du Manitoba ont été amenés à prévoir le nombre de lits d'hôpitaux nécessaires aux soins de courte durée pour les habitants de la province du Manitoba en 2020. Parmi les considérations méthodologiques relatives à cette demande, on compte l'identification des facteurs pouvant éventuellement influencer l'utilisation des lits ainsi que la manière de justifier ces facteurs. L'objectif de cet article est de décrire ces considérations méthodologiques, la manière dont les décisions ont été prises et les étapes suivies dans le cadre de notre approche du problème. Les prévisions existantes et leurs répercussions font l'objet d'une autre contribution à ce numéro de la revue (Finlayson, Stewart, Tate, MacWilliam et Roos, 2005).

Keywords

agingforecastinghospital bedsvieillissementprévisionslits d'hôpitaux
Type
Articles
Information
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 24 , Issue S1: Health and Health Care Use Among Older Adults: Using Population-Based Information Systems to Inform Policy in Manitoba , Spring/Printemps 2005 , pp. 141 - 151
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Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 2005

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