Health Policy
This area covers the impact of policies affecting Canadians’ health and long-term care choices and outcomes, for example regarding access to and quality of care, funding arrangements and incentives, pharmaceuticals policies, intergenerational equity considerations, and the impact of these choices on the public purse.
May 23, 2017 - Ake Blomqvist and Colin Busby
The current methods of paying healthcare providers do not encourage systematic consideration of cost-effectiveness in the selection of treatment or new technologies, finds a new report from the C.D....
April 27, 2017 - Colin Busby, Aaron Jacobs and Ramya Muthukumaran
A vocal few Canadians hold anti-vaccine views, but they are not the main reason for insufficient childhood vaccination coverage across Canada, finds a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “...
January 17, 2017 - Jason Sutherland and Erik Hellsten
Canada needs to break down payment silos for more effective healthcare, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Integrated Funding: Connecting the Silos for the Healthcare We Need...
September 7, 2016 - William B.P. Robson
Revised estimates for 2014 healthcare spending growth show increases larger than initially reported – which continues a worrisome trend, says a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Healthcare Spending...
August 9, 2016 - Colin Busby and Livio Di Matteo
There is no clear evidence that a lasting period of health spending restraint is underway, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Hold the Applause: Why Provincial Restraint on...
July 6, 2016 - Ake Blomqvist and Colin Busby
The federal government should recognize the limited success of past attempts to achieve healthcare reform with conditional transfers to the provinces and instead focus more on independent initiatives...
Intelligence Memos
From: Colin Busby and Åke Blomqvist
To: Charles Sousa, Ontario Minister of Finance
Date: August 4, 2017
Re: Here’s a better plan for OHIP +
With much fanfare, Ontario’s 2017 budget announced the...
Op-Ed
With much fanfare, Ontario’s 2017 budget announced the introduction of universal drug coverage, starting next January, for those under age 25. True, drugs are an important part of the problem in...
Intelligence Memos
From: Åke Blomqvist and Colin Busby
To: Ministers of Health and Finance in Canada
Date: July 14, 2017
Re: It’s Time for Healthcare to Join the Productivity Parade
Slow productivity growth is an...
Research
Quelques Canadiens très bruyants s’opposent à la vaccination, mais ils ne constituent pas la principale raison de l’insuffisance de la couverture vaccinale, selon un nouveau rapport de l’Institut C...
Research
Le gouvernement fédéral devrait reconnaître le succès limité des tentatives précédentes de réforme des soins de santé par l’entremise de transferts conditionnels aux provinces et se pencher plutôt...
Research
Le défi budgétaire de la population vieillissante : planifier les coûts des soins de santé au Québec
Les Québécois traînent un fardeau fiscal évalué à 682 milliards de $, c.-à-d. les impôts additionnels qui devront être prélevés au cours du prochain demi-siècle pour faire face à l’augmentation des...
05 Oct 2017
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Roundtable Luncheon with The Hon. Anne McLellan, John Fowler and Russell Stanley
Toronto, 67 Yonge Street, Suite 300
Thursday, October 5, 2017,
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
25 May 2017
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25
Conference Call with Åke Blomqvist, Adjunct Research Professor, Carleton University
Conference Call
Thursday, May 25, 2017,
11:00 am to 11:30 am
19 Jan 2017
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Conference Call with Jason Sutherland, Associate Professor, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, UBC Faculty of Medicine; and Erik Hellsten, Manager of Strategy, Quality Standards, Health Quality Ontario
Conference Call
Thursday, January 19, 2017,
3:30 pm to 4:00 pm
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