title: Thunder Bay Regional Hospital: an amalgamation.
abstract: Two acute care hospitals in Thunder Bay recently amalgamated into a single hospital. Acute care delivery in the region promises to be more efficient and less expensive, and the process has resulted in a hospital better able to absorb the 18 percent provincial funding cut announced last fall. This is an important step in developing a truly efficient and effective continuum of care in Thunder Bay, and an example of successfully meeting the challenges of delivering quality service on a tighter budget.
authors.affiliation: Thunder Bay Regional Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Levac
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006075:Governing Board; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D009864:Ontario; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D000078329:Workforce