Ontario’s Dust-Up Over Doctor’s Fees 18 May, 2012 | Joanne WMr. Duckett makes a good point. Technology has reduced the time needed for some procedures, and people are discharged home ... Read Comment
The Risks of Emergency Department Overcrowding 13 Jul, 2011 | KBALEach year one in five Ontarians visits one of the province’s 163 emergency departments.
A recent study has shown that those who present to emergency departments when waiting times are longer... Read More
National Pharmacare: Who are the Winners and Losers? 6 Jul, 2011 | KBIDThe Canada Health Act includes public coverage of services provided in hospitals and by doctors, but not prescription medications taken outside of hospital. Most provincial drug plans do provide some... Read More
Citizens Participate in Hospital Restructuring Processes 27 Jan, 2011 | KBALNorthumberland Hills Hospital in Cobourg, Ontario was facing a significant deficit.
The hospital convened a citizens’ panel to advise the board about which services could be removed from the hospital.
The experiment... Read More
Presenting the Benefits of Mammography 1 Dec, 2011 | KBALThe results of research on screening for breast cancer with mammography can be presented in ways that make the benefits seem larger or smaller
Similarly, the benefits can be described as... Read More
What is Driving Health Care Costs? 24 Nov, 2011 | KBALA recent report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information provides information about the major drivers of health care costs in the past decade, which include growing salaries for health care workers... Read More