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Gastroenterology Summary

SJHC: No in-patient program.
SMH: Division of gastroenterology provides patient care, education and research on digestive and hepatobiliary disorders,
particularly gastrointestinal cancers, inflammatory bowel disease, nutrition and motility disorders such as gastroesophageal
reflux disease and irritable bowel syndrome. It consists of an inpatient clinical teaching unit, which contains 12 beds for
patients with complex digestive diseases, a therapeutic endoscopy unit, which contains 8 procedure rooms, and conducts over
14,000 procedures a year, and provides ambulatory care.

Structure Finance Performance & Quality*

• As part of the larger specialized • Gastroenterology volumes have • As a proportion of inpatient
complex care, SMH has an in decreased by less than 1% in volumes, Gastroenterology
patient department for Ontario makes up 1% of SJHC and 2%
Gastroenterology; SJHC has • SJHC and SMH make up 2% of SMH activity
out-patient clinics for GI and and 6% of Ontario market share
Endoscopy respectively

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