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January 9, 2025

Women spend more of their money on health care than men. And no, it’s not just about ‘women’s issues’

Mike Armour, Western Sydney University; Amelia Mardon, Western Sydney University; Danielle Howe, Western Sydney University; Hannah Adler, Griffith University, and Michelle O'Shea, Western Sydney University

Women experience more chronic conditions than men, potentially leading to higher health-care costs.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sits beside Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson, left, and Québec Premier François Legault, right, as he meets with Canada’s premiers in Ottawa in February 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

April 26, 2023

Canada’s federal transfer payment system badly needs a tune‑up

Trevor Tombe, University of Calgary; Daniel Béland, McGill University, and Enid Slack, University of Toronto

Modernizing Canada’s fiscal arrangements is necessary to overcome considerable challenges that are impacting the country’s finances, including an aging population and climate change.

Because of the difficulty in managing their care, patients with COPD have hospitalization rates 63 per cent higher than the general population, as well as 85 per cent more emergency department visits and 48 per cent more ambulatory care visits. (Shutterstock)

September 14, 2022

How improving COPD treatment in primary care could reduce demand on hospitals and emergency departments

Andrew Scarffe, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Christopher Licskai, Western University; Doug Coyle, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Kednapa Thavorn, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, and Kevin Peter Brand, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Innovation in primary care for COPD patients has the potential to alleviate a significant strain on the health system by reducing emergency department visits and hospitalizations.

Nurses tend to a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at the Bluewater Health Hospital in Sarnia, Ont., in January 2022. The pandemic exposed the flaws in Canada’s struggling health-care system, and offers a chance for Canada to reform it if the country’s premiers step up. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

May 15, 2022

Canada’s premiers are missing a real chance to fix our ailing health‑care system

Tom McIntosh, University of Regina

The COVID-19 pandemic presents us with a unique opportunity to rethink and reform public health care in Canada. That’s why premiers’ demands for more unconditional health-care dollars are so misguided.

Despite massive investments, Canada’s health-care system has not reaped the benefits of digital technology like banking and retail sectors have. (Shutterstock)

December 10, 2019

Good governance is the missing prescription for better digital health care

Linying Dong, Toronto Metropolitan University

The digitization of health care in Canada has been a bumpy ride — due to lack of focus on governance, and lack of emphasis on interoperability, transparency and accountability.

The new report lays out a four-step strategy to confront the impending crisis of antimicrobial resistance. (Shutterstock)

November 12, 2019

Antibiotic‑resistant infections could destroy our way of life: New report

Gerry Wright, McMaster University

A new report estimates that by 2050, 40 per cent of all infections will be resistant to antimicrobial treatment. This will directly cause 13,700 previously preventable deaths.

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