AHS combats small percentage of patients consuming resources
Posted Mar 7, 2013 7:08 am.
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Alberta’s healthcare system is scrambling to reduce the costs of five per cent of its patients taking up 60 per cent if its resources.
Alberta Health Services reports $2.2-billion was spent on a small fraction of its patient population in 2009-2010.
Chairman Stephen Lockwood says AHS is trying to find ways to become more cost efficient.
Jade Boldt of Friends of Medicare tells The Calgary Sun, the province should resist imposing user fees on those they think may be abusing the system.
She says she can’t imagine anyone wanting to spend their time in an emergency ward.
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