Objective To summarize and analyze the experience of Canadian hospital report, including report contents, indicators system and result application, so as to provide basis for improving Chinese hospital information report and enhancing healthcare regulation.
Methods Official networks and databases in Canada were searched, and relative policies, documents, research reports and information reports were included.
Results Canadian Hospital Report Project carried out by Canadian Institute for Health Information was effective for gathering and comparing hospitals’ information, and regulating healthcare service. Ontario Hospital Report Project, as a local policy based on national hospital report project, was a good example of local government to improve healthcare service regulation.
Conclusion Canadian Hospital Report and Ontario Hospital Report enlighten us that, carrying out the comparison of hospitals in the same type, ensuring the comparability of data, setting comprehensive and scientific report contents and indicators, and emphasizing the self-evaluation function and self-improvement function of the hospital performance evaluation.
Citation： LIU Jun,SUN Niuyun. Evidence-Based Research on Hospital Report System in Canada and the Enlightenment to China. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2012, 12(7): 743-746. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20120121 Copy