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Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2024

November 26, 2024 | By: Mackenzie Moir and Bacchus Barua

Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2024 finds that despite high levels of spending, Canada has among the lowest availability of doctors, hospital beds, and most medical technologies—and some of the longest wait times—when compared to a group of 31 high-income countries that also have universally accessible health care.

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The Price of Public Health Care Insurance, 2024

August 20, 2024 | By: Nathaniel Li, Milagros Palacios and Nadeem Esmail

The Price of Public Health Care Insurance, 2024 finds that since 1997, the cost of healthcare has increased significantly, with the typical Canadian family (consisting of two parents and two children) with an average household income of $176,266 paying $17,713 for public health care this year alone.

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10 Years On—Revisiting the Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative

May 30, 2024 | By: Nadeem Esmail, Steven Globerman, Bacchus Barua and Mackenzie Moir

10 Years On—Revisiting the Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative finds that private clinics were a key component of the Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative (SSI), established to tackle medical wait times for non-emergency but necessary surgical procedures including knee and hip replacements, which reduced waiting times in the province by 47 per cent between 2010 and 2014 (when the SSI was in place).

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The Unintended Experiment with Accessory Fees in Quebec

May 24, 2024 | By: Yanick Labrie

The Unintended Experiment with Accessory Fees in Quebec is a new study that finds the modest user fees that Quebec doctors were allowed to charge for some medical consultations and procedures—which were mostly abolished in 2017—added convenience and expanded access to services for patients in clinics.