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Ontario hospitals spent over $9B on agency staff over 10 years, study finds | Globalnews.ca

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Ontario hospitals spent more than $9 billion on staff from for-profit agencies in a 10-year period, study finds.

Study author Andrew Longhurst recommends phasing out staffing agencies over three years and ultimately banning them.

Rural and northern hospitals in particular rely on agency staff, and Longhurst ’s study shows the issue of associated cost has become more acute.

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