Cost of Care
Can Canada pay less for generic drugs?
Generic drugs may seem cheap, at least in comparison to brand name drugs. But Canadians pay more for generic drugs than people who live in many other countries. Last summer,... Read MorePlanning for disaster: the state of emergency preparedness in Ontario
Recent events in Ontario have focused public attention on emergency response capacity. Making the case to continue to invest in services and programs available to respond in an emergency is a... Read MoreDoes evidence support expanding telehomecare in Ontario?
Telehomecare programs offer remote monitoring for people living with chronic diseases, linking patients to providers without requiring an in-person visit. Ontario is currently developing a number of large-scale telehomecare programs with... Read MoreThe challenges of improving hospital food
The saying “you are what you eat” has taken on more meaning in Canadian society, with growing interest in the quality, origins and farming practices of the food we eat. For... Read MoreMoney matters: does 'pay-for-performance' improve quality?
In Ontario, new ways of paying doctors have been introduced in an attempt to improve the quality of their services. One approach is pay-for-performance, which pays doctors for meeting certain treatment... Read MoreDoes more care mean better care?
A recent study found that Ontario hospitals that used more resources and spent more money had better outcomes for acutely ill patients than hospitals that used fewer resources. These findings go... Read More
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- November, 2012
- Can Canada pay less for generic drugs? | Nov 16, 2012
- July, 2012
- June, 2012
- Does evidence support expanding telehomecare in Ontario? | Jun 21, 2012
- May, 2012
- The challenges of improving hospital food | May 31, 2012
- Money matters: does ‘pay-for-performance’ improve quality? | May 3, 2012
- April, 2012
- Does more care mean better care? | Apr 26, 2012
- Should clinical practice guidelines consider value for money? | Apr 5, 2012
- March, 2012
- February, 2012
- Ontario hospital funding: confusion for 2012/2013? | Feb 23, 2012
- Controversies about Community Care Access Centres and home care | Feb 16, 2012
- November, 2011
- What is driving health care costs? | Nov 24, 2011
- October, 2011
- Charging patients for services: much confusion, little consensus | Oct 27, 2011
- The future of the federal health transfer | Oct 20, 2011
- September, 2011
- House calls and Ontario’s election | Sep 22, 2011
- August, 2011
- Making sense of Ontario’s fee codes | Aug 24, 2011
- Need & access to bariatric surgery in Ontario | Aug 17, 2011
- July, 2011
- Public and private payment for health care in Canada | Jul 20, 2011
- National pharmacare: who are the winners and losers? | Jul 6, 2011
- June, 2011
- LHINs and the governance of Ontario’s health care system | Jun 29, 2011
- Why isn’t there a system of integrated maternity care in Ontario? | Jun 22, 2011
- Complementary & alternative medicine in practice and policy | Jun 8, 2011
- The role of nurses in Ontario’s colon cancer screening program | Jun 1, 2011
- May, 2011
- A ‘death denying society’: why aren’t more Ontarians using palliative care? | May 25, 2011
- Doctors & drug reps: prescription for trouble? | May 18, 2011
- Will the aging population bankrupt our health care system? | May 11, 2011
- Achieving better health for the homeless | May 4, 2011
- April, 2011
- Federal health spending without accountability | Apr 25, 2011
- How should hospital doctors be paid? | Apr 6, 2011
- March, 2011
- Direct-to-consumer genetic testing comes to Canada | Mar 23, 2011
- Waiting for long-term care in Ontario | Mar 16, 2011
- Reducing ‘unnecessary’ blood glucose test strip use | Mar 2, 2011
- January, 2011
- Citizens participate in hospital restructuring processes | Jan 27, 2011
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