Ontario (ON)
Ontario Health Coverage
Hospital Care

Inpatient Hospital

• standard ward accommodation and meals (room and board)
• private or semi-private accommodation when necessary and certified in writing by the attending physician
• necessary nursing services, when provided by the hospital
• laboratory and diagnostic x-ray procedures
• drugs prescribed by a physician (except when the hospital visit is solely for the administration of drugs)
• use of operating and delivery rooms, anaesthetic and surgical supplies
• use of respiratory equipment
• use of radiotherapy facilities
• services rendered by any person paid by the hospital
• use of home renal dialysis and of home hyperalimentation equipment, supplies and medications where available in an Ontario hospital and prescribed by a staff physician of that hospital
• occupational therapy, speech therapy and physiotherapy in approved Canadian hospitals when prescribed by a physician as a medically necessary course of treatment (physiotherapy also in Ontario in approved private non-hospital facilities)

Outpatient Hospital

• laboratory, radiological and other diagnostic procedures
• use of radiotherapy, occupational or speech therapy, and physiotherapy facilities where available
• use of diet counselling services when prescribed by a physician
• use of operating room and anaesthetic facilities
• surgical supplies
• necessary nursing service
• meals required during a treatment program
• drugs, biologicals and related preparations prescribed and administered in the hospital

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