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Mars 13, 2019 8:57PM

Private sector helping address physician scarcity in the U.S.
Steven Globerman, Bacchus Barua
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Private sector helping address physician scarcity in the U.S.

A 1991 report recommended a 10 per cent reduction in medical school enrolment in Canada.

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access to health care, physician supply, healthcare, canadian health care system
Janvier 11, 2019 12:32PM

Pharmacare ‘cost-savings’ should not trump appropriate drug use
Dr. Nigel Rawson
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Pharmacare ‘cost-savings’ should not trump appropriate drug use

Cancer drug's use in retinal therapy has been linked with increased risks of stroke and death.

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pharmacare, fair pharmacare, drugs, new medicines, patients
Novembre 1, 2018 11:01AM

When pharmaceutical innovators take risks, we end up with new drugs that lengthen our lives
Yanick Labrie, Vincent Geloso
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Nobel laureate Paul Romer’s key new insight was that human capital can produce ideas.

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intellectual property, pharmaceuticals, access to new medicine, patients, new prescription drugs
Octobre 5, 2018 6:20PM

Quebecers probably felt—and still feel—they don’t get what they pay for
Yanick Labrie
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Quebecers elected the Coalition Avenir Québec with an overwhelming majority.

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quebec, business François Legault, CAQ, free market, wait times, economic reform, taxes
Septembre 27, 2018 3:21PM

The average Canadian family will pay $12,935 for health care this year
Bacchus Barua, Milagros Palacios
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Canadians must wait 41.7 weeks (on average) to receive medically necessary elective orthopaedic surgery.

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health care, health-care wait times in Canada, costs of health care, patients, hospital care, surgery wait, doctors
Août 31, 2018 1:54PM

Timely health care—there’s an app for that!
Bacchus Barua, Steven Globerman
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Survey says seven in 10 Canadians are ready for virtual doctor appointments.

Étiquettes:
health care, access to health care, health care wait times, surgery wait, patients, doctors, single-payer model, travelling for medical care
Août 16, 2018 9:09AM

Twitter tiff sparks health-care debate free of apt comparisons
Bacchus Barua
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Hospitals in Switzerland compete with one another for patients.

Étiquettes:
health care, universal access health care, hospitals, patients, doctors, co-pays, cost-sharing, access to medical services, surgery, health-care costs
Août 2, 2018 2:41PM

New pricing regulations may restrict access to innovative drugs in Canada
Bacchus Barua, Kristina M.L. Acri, née Lybecker
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Review board’s new reference countries have more limited access to new and innovative drugs.

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pharmaceuticals, prescription drugs, access to new drugs, pharmaceutical innovation, patients, cancer medicine
Juillet 16, 2018 4:13PM

Changes to Ontario drug program a (very small) step forward
Bacchus Barua
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The original OHIP+ provided limited coverage to a population that largely didn’t need assistance.

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prescription drugs, drug coverage, patients, taxpayers, doug ford, ontario health care
Avril 12, 2018 1:11PM

Cracking down on private clinics means cracking down on patients in need
Bacchus Barua
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Last year in B.C., the average wait time between referral to treatment was 26.6 weeks.

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health care, universal access health care, access to health care, cost of waiting for care, health care wait times, bc health care, john horgan, adrian dix, MRI, german health care

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