Premier Kathleen Wynne says the government is providing additional funding to free up beds in hospitals for those who need them.
Wynne made her comments after a review of Ontario's hospital emergency departments found many of the sickest people spend hours or even days in hospital hallways waiting for a bed.
Health Quality Ontario said people are seeing doctors faster when they go to a hospital emergency room and their visits are shorter even though patients are becoming collectively older and sicker.
But it found those who need to be admitted have to wait a long time in the emergency department because people who should be in long-term care are taking up hospital beds.