Under section 28.5 of Regulation 552 of the Health Insurance Act, laboratory tests performed outside of Canada are paid for, with prior approval from MOHLTC, if the following conditions are met: the kind of service or test is not performed in Ontario; the service or test is generally accepted in Ontario as appropriate for a person in the same circumstances as the insured person; the service or test is not experimental; and the service or test is not performed for research purposes.
Le nombre de jours d’hospitalisation dans les hôpitaux publics s’établissait comme suit pour l’exercice 2003-2004 : 7 025 267 jours pour les soins actifs, 2 102 449 pour les soins aux malades chroniques et 743 590 pour les soins de réadaptation.