Using Case Costing to Evaluate the Potential Impact of a Reintegration Unit on an Acute-Care Hospital's Capacity and Resources

Affiliations

• ¹ An associate scientist at Sunnybrook Research Institute in Toronto, ON, a practising staff emergency physician and a health services researcher studying emergency department operations and focusing on ED crowding, frequent users and impact of COVID-19. She can be contacted by e-mail at [email protected].
• ² A program research director at the Integrated Community Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute in Toronto, ON, a senior scientist at the Sunnybrook Research Institute and IC/ES, a practising staff emergency physician and a health services researcher who studies cardiovascular disease in the emergency setting, as well as care transitions back to longitudinal care.
• ³ A Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre manager in Administration at Pine Villa in Toronto, ON. Debra has been in healthcare for over 40 years. Although most of her career was in acute care, in retirement she has expanded her knowledge into the unique aspects of providing care in a community environment.
• ⁴ has been with SPRINT Senior Care for 13 years and is currently its chief executive officer. With over 25 years of experience at a variety of healthcare and seniors' care organizations, Stacy has demonstrated keen strategic thinking and a passion for and dedication to client-centred care across the age continuum. Currently, Stacy is collaborating with key healthcare stakeholders to co-design the North Toronto Ontario Health Team. The ultimate aim of this collaborative work is a healthcare system solution that will lead to improved client and caregiver outcomes.
• ⁵ has been a leader in community-based mental health, addiction and specialized geriatric services for over 30 years. As a senior director of Complex Care and Seniors Services for LOFT Community Services, she works each day to innovate, create and provide integrated healthcare services to support people to live successfully in the community with dignity.
• ⁶ A decision support senior manager at Lakeridge Health in the Durham Region, ON. She has over 10 years of progressive experience in developing data-driven analyses and tools to inform operational and strategic decision making at multiple leading hospitals in the Greater Toronto Area.
• ⁷ A manager of Case Costing, Management Information Systems and HSFR Finance at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, ON. She has over 15 years of case costing experience in the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and hospitals in Ontario.
• ⁸ A professor emeritus at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto in Toronto, ON. He is co-leading the ADVANCE program supporting leadership councils of Ontario Health Teams and the Ontario Health Team Impact Fellowship program.