2024年,100多万加拿大人未经治疗而离开急诊室,初级保健率和负担不断上升。 Over one million Canadians left ERs untreated in 2024, with rising rates and strain on primary care.

蒙特利尔经济研究所的一项新研究表明,在2024年访问急诊室的加拿大人中,约有8%未接受治疗,总数超过100万例。 A new study by the Montreal Economic Institute reveals that about 8% of Canadians who visited emergency rooms in 2024 left without treatment, totaling over one million cases. 该比率因省而异,新斯科舍省为10%,马尼托巴省为13.2%,均高于7.8%的全国平均水平。 The rate varies by province, with Nova Scotia at 10% and Manitoba at 13.2%, both above the national average of 7.8%. 在安大略省,2019年至2024年之间,未经治疗的病人人数增加了31%。 In Ontario, the number of untreated patients rose 31% between 2019 and 2024. 离开的人中,有一半有半紧急或非紧急条件,这突显了获得初级保健的压力。 Half of those who left had semi-urgent or non-urgent conditions, highlighting a strain on primary care access. 报告建议扩大护士从业者的作用,扩大药剂师的范围,并设立非政府即时护理中心以减少急诊压力。 The report recommends expanding nurse practitioners’ roles, broadening pharmacists’ scope, and creating non-governmental immediate care centers to reduce ER pressure.