Distribution of Canadian hospital expenditures 2021/22, by service area

Published by Jenny Yang, May 6, 2024
In 2023, of the total 62.4 billion Canadian dollars spent by Canadian hospitals, 18.9 percent of total expenditures were on nursing inpatient services, while a further 18.3 percent was for support services.

Distribution of hospital expenditures in Canada in 2021 to 2022, by service area

CharacteristicPercentage of all expenditures
Nursing inpatient services 18.9%
Support services 18.3%
Other diagnostic and therapeutic 12.8%
Research, education and other 9.8%
Other ambulatory care services 8.5%
Operating room 6.3%
Administrative services 5%
Intensive care nursing unit 4.8%
Community health services 4.6%
Medical imaging 4.5%
Emergency 4.5%
Long-term care nursing unit 2.1%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Percentage of all expenditures18.9%18.9%18.3%18.3%12.8%12.8%9.8%9.8%8.5%8.5%6.3%6.3%5%5%4.8%4.8%4.6%4.6%4.5%4.5%4.5%4.5%2.1%2.1%NursinginpatientservicesSupportservicesOtherdiagnostic andtherapeuticResearch,education andotherOtherambulatorycare servicesOperatingroomAdministrativeservicesIntensive carenursing unitCommunityhealth servicesMedicalimagingEmergencyLong-term carenursing unit
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Release date

September 2023

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Canada

Survey time period

2021/22

Supplementary notes

Hospital spending excludes Quebec and Nunavut.
Physician compensation excluded from hospital spending

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