TABLE 4.
Health facility classification
| Facility reclassification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variable | Facility classification | Description |
| 1 | Group A or AHSC | Tertiary care facility, Academic Health Sciences Centre (teaching) + cancer treatment |
| 2 | Group B | Large non-teaching (no fewer than 100 beds) + cancer treatment |
| 3 | Group C | Small non-teaching (fewer than 100 beds) + ambulatory care + private hospitals |
| 4 | Rehab | Rehab hospitals + special rehab hospitals |
| 5 | Chronic care | Large and small chronic care hospitals + continuing care centres |
| 6 | Psychiatric | Psychiatric hospitals (teaching) + psychiatric hospitals (non-teaching) + psych for youth + mental health outpatient |
| 7 | Long-term care | Long term care + home for the aged |
| 8 | Community services | Community services: assisted living, child and family centre, developmental services, hospice + abortion clinic + drug and alcohol treatment hospitals and clinics + dialysis |
| 9 | Out of province | Out of province (Quebec, Manitoba, US) |
| 10 | Other | Other + private residence + medical clinic |