What is the average cost of care in Ontario?
Average Cost of Care
(for one week for 424 seniors) |
Hospital Bed |
$2.5 million |
Long-term Care Bed |
$374,000.00 |
Care at Home |
$125,000.00 |
Average Per Diem Cost |
Hospital Bed |
$842.00/day |
Long-Term Care Bed |
$126.00/day |
Care at Home |
$42.00/day |
(2011) HOME First Shifts care of Seniors to HOME. LHINfo Minute, Northeastern Ontario Health Care Update
- Caring for terminally ill patients in an acute-care hospital is estimated to cost over 40% more than providing care in a hospital-based palliative-care unit, more than double the cost of providing care in a hospice bed, and over 10 times more than providing at-home care.1
- The cost of providing palliative care in the last month of a patient’s life averages about:
- $1,100 per day in an acute-care hospital bed
- $630 to $770 per day in a bed in a palliative-care unit
- $460 per day in a hospice bed
- under $100 per day where at-home care is provided.2
References
1. Auditor General of Ontario (2014). 2014 Annual Report of the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario. Chapter 3.08, Palliative Care. http://www.auditor.on.ca/en/reports_en/en14/308en14.pdf
2. Ibid