Without a national approach for measuring outcomes, federal health investments are unsustainable

Without any standardized way to measure performance and outcomes across the country, the opportunity to ensure equitable health for marginalized groups including indigenous populations and seniors will also remain difficult to achieve.
Health Minister Jane Philpott, pictured at a parliamentary committee on the Hill.
Universal, publicly funded health care has long been Canada’s sacred cow. Canadians are proud of it, and a significant amount of taxpayer money is spent on it, both federally and provincially (approaching 50 per cent of some provincial budgets). In recent years, however, the chasm between incre...

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