Weil T P
Bedford Health Associates, Inc., Asheville, NC, USA.
Hosp Top. 1995 Winter;73(1):10-22. doi: 10.1080/00185868.1995.10543740.
In 1990 Canadian hospitals provided more services at less cost than did acute care facilities in the United States. Canadians spent $2,720 less per discharge for 48 percent longer stays. If U.S. acute care facilities had achieved an average discharge cost comparable to that in Canada, the annual savings among hospitals in the United States would have totalled $84.3 billion. In a comparative study of volumes and costs in medium-size and teaching hospitals, it was found that U.S. hospitals had greater costs for delivering services than Canadian acute care facilities did in almost every department.
1990年，加拿大医院以低于美国急症护理机构的成本提供了更多服务。加拿大人每次出院的花费比美国少2720美元，但住院时间却长48%。如果美国急症护理机构的平均出院成本能达到加拿大的水平，美国医院每年总共可节省843亿美元。在一项对中型医院和教学医院的工作量及成本的比较研究中发现，美国医院在几乎每个科室提供服务的成本都高于加拿大急症护理机构。
