Through the lens of value-based health care: oncology care

Value-based healthcare "explicitly prioritizes focusing on achieving health outcomes that matter to patients relative to the cost of achieving those outcomes" and has been tried in other countries.

Despite being considered one of the highest spenders on healthcare when compared to other industrialized countries that offer universal care, our system consistently underperforms on key measures, such as access and quality, write Dr. Monika Slovinec and Dr. Isabella Moroz.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY ISABELLA MOROZ AND MONIKA SLOVINEC

February 3, 2020

Concerns are growing over Canada’s health-care system not delivering value for the money spent. Despite being considered one of the highest spenders on health care when compared to other industrialized countries that offer universal care, our system consistently underperforms on key measures, such...

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