Healthcare statistics tell a startling story: the sustainability of our healthcare system depends on answering the challenge of complex chronic disease.
The Bridgepoint Collaboratory's work will help us understand how to improve people's health and increase the efficiency and quality of the healthcare system - easing the burden of complex chronic disease.
5% of the population accounts for 84% of hospital and homecare costs in Ontario
Source: Ideas and Opportunities for Bending the Health Care Cost Curve, published in 2010 by the Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres, the Ontario Federation of Community Mental Health and Addiction Programs, and the Ontario Hospital Association. Read the full report here
People with chronic disease are 4 times more likely to stay overnight in hospitals, and 11 times more likely to receive homecare services
Source: Why Health Care Renewal Matters: Learning from Canadians with Chronic Health Conditions, published in 2007 by the Health Council of Canada. Read the full report here
Chronic diseases account for 55% of Ontario's direct and indirect healthcare costs
Source: Preventing and Managing Chronic Disease: Ontario's Framework, published in 2007 by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Read the full report here
Healthcare will consume 80% of total government program spending by 2030 if current trends prevail - up from 46% today
Almost 80% of Ontarians over age 45 have a chronic condition, and more than two thirds of them have 2 or more chronic conditions
Source: Canadian Community Health Survey - Cycle 1.1, Statistics Canada, 2003