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  1. Health Council of Canada shortsighted on health care reform- Appeared in the Hamilton Spectator and Timmins Daily Press

    Appeared in the Hamilton Spectator and Timmins Daily Press It has been one month since the federal election, and discussions about health care reform—never prominent during the election—seem to be even further away from the public spotlight. Nonetheless, ...

  2. Canada's health care crisis is an economics problem, not a management problem

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald, New Brunswick Telegraph Journal and Prince Albert Daily Herald, April 20, 2011 Government health spending is growing at unsustainable rates, while patients are facing shortages of medical resources and declining access to ...

  3. Questioning success on health care wait times

    Appeared in the National Post A Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) study recently reported that wait times for access to health care across a few priority treatment areas are improving. According to CIHI, “at least 8 out of 10 Canadian ...

  4. On health care reform, it's time to consider going Dutch- Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph Journal

    Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph Journal Health care reform has once again become a common dialogue around the water cooler as the 10-year $41 billion funding agreement between the feds and the provinces is set to expire in 2014. The Canadian ...

  5. Health Insurance and Bankruptcy Rates in Canada and the United States

    In a recent update to a previous study, Himmelstein et al (2009) concluded that in 2007, uninsured medical expenses or loss of income due to illness caused nearly two-thirds (62.1 percent) of all non-business bankruptcies in the United States. The authors ...

  6. Hospital Report Card Alberta 2009

    The Fraser Institute's Hospital Report Card Alberta 2009 is constructed to help patients choose the best hospital for their inpatient care by providing them with information on the performance of acute-care hospitals in Alberta. https://www ...

  7. Hospital Report Card: British Columbia 2009

    The Fraser Institute's Hospital Report Card: British Columbia 2009 is constructed to help patients choose the best hospital for their inpatient care by providing them with information on the performance of acute-care hospitals in British Columbia. ...

  8. Hospital Report Card: Ontario 2009

    The Fraser Institute's Hospital Report Card: Ontario 2009 is constructed to help patients choose the best hospital for their inpatient care by providing them with information on the performance of acute-care hospitals in Ontario. https://www ...

  9. How Good Is Canadian Health Care? 2008 Report

    This 2008 edition of How Good Is Canadian Health Care? provides answers to a series of questions that are important to resolve if Canada is to make the correct choices as it amends its health care policies. In this study, we primarily compare Canada to ...

  10. How Good is Canada's Medical Technology Inventory?

    Medical technologies are an important component of medical care and can provide significant benefits to patients. Medical technologies can advance the identification and treatment of disease, provide more comfortable treatment regimes and reduce pain, ...