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Healthcare in Canada's North: Are We Getting Value for Money?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Young, T. Kue Chatwood, Susan Marchildon, Gregory |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | OBJECTIVE To determine if Canadians are getting value for money in providing health services to our northern residents. METHOD Secondary analyses of data from Statistics Canada, the Canadian Institute of Health Information and territorial government agencies on health status, health expenditures and health system performance indicators. RESULTS Per capita health expenditures in Canada's northern territories are double that of Canada as a whole and are among the highest in the world. The North lags behind the rest of the country in preventable mortality, hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions and other performance indicators. DISCUSSION The higher health expenditure in the North is to be expected from its unique geography and demography. If the North is not performing as well as Canada, it is not due to lack of money, and policy makers should be concerned about whether healthcare can be as good as it could be. |
| Starting Page | 59 |
| Ending Page | 70 |
| Page Count | 12 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.12927/hcpol.2016.24776 |
| PubMed reference number | 27585027 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 12 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/b5/60/policy-12-059.PMC5008132.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.12927/hcpol.2016.24776 |
| Journal | Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
