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Is the Canada Health Act a Barrier to Reform?
Despite spending more on health care than the majority of developed countries with universal-access health-care systems, Canada performs poorly in international comparisons of the performance of health systems. Canada’s health policies also differ from ...
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Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2016
Comparing the performance of different countries’ health-care systems provides an op-portunity for policy makers and the general public to determine how well Canada’s health-care system is performing relative to its international peers. Overall, the ...
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Unlike Canada, Australia embraces private sector to deliver universal health care
Canadian health policy discussions are often hobbled by the misunderstanding that universal health care means government health care. Reality, however, looks quite different. Some combination of government, private non-profit ...
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Effect of Wait Times on Mortality in Canada
Wait times for health care in Canada have lengthened considerably over the past two decades. Across 12 major medical specialties, the estimated typical wait time has risen from 9.3 weeks in 1993 to 18.2 weeks in 2013. These inordinately long waits, among ...